Eight-thousander

Eight-thousander refers to the 14 independent mountains on Earth that are more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) high above sea level. All eight-thousanders are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia. Their summits are in the death zone.

Overview

The first recorded attempt on an eight-thousander was when Albert F. Mummery and J. Norman Collie tried to climb Pakistan's Nanga Parbat in 1895. The attempt was unsuccessful when Mummery and two Gurkhas, Ragobir and Goman Singh, were killed by an avalanche.

The first recorded successful ascent of an eight-thousander was by the French Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, who reached the summit of Annapurna on 3 June 1950.

List of Eight-thousanders

The following is a list of the 14 eight-thousanders, ordered by their height.

1. Mount Everest (8,848 metres)
2. K2 (8,611 metres)
3. Kangchenjunga (8,586 metres)
4. Lhotse (8,516 metres)
5. Makalu (8,485 metres)
6. Cho Oyu (8,188 metres)
7. Dhaulagiri (8,167 metres)
8. Manaslu (8,163 metres)
9. Nanga Parbat (8,126 metres)
10. Annapurna (8,091 metres)
11. Gasherbrum I (8,080 metres)
12. Broad Peak (8,051 metres)
13. Gasherbrum II (8,035 metres)
14. Shishapangma (8,027 metres)

See also

• List of highest mountains
• List of climbers scaling all eight-thousanders
• List of deaths on eight-thousanders

External links

• 8000ers.com

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