Eight-thousander

The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation or UIAA recognise eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) in height above sea level, and are considered to be sufficiently independent from neighbouring peaks. However, there is no precise definition of the criteria used to assess independence, and since 2012 the UIAA has been involved in a process to consider whether the list should be expanded to 20 mountains. All eight-thousanders are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia, and their summits are in the death zone.

Locations of the 14 eight-thousanders in the world

The first person to summit all 14 eight-thousanders was Italian Reinhold Messner in 1986, who completed the feat without the aid of supplementary oxygen. In 2010, Basque Edurne Pasaban became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, but with the aid of supplementary oxygen; in 2011 Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders without the aid of supplementary oxygen. From 1950–1964, all eight-thousanders were summited. As of May 2019, K2 remains the only eight-thousander not summited in a winter ascent.

On 29 October 2019, Nepalese climber Nirmal Purja, set a new speed record by climbing the 14 eight-thousanders in 6 months and 6 days.[1][2]

Climbing history
Flight over Khumbu-region; six eight-thousanders and some seven-thousanders are visible

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 failed when Mummery and two Gurkhas, Ragobir, and Goman Singh, were killed by an avalanche.[3]

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 during the 1950 French Annapurna expedition .[4] The first winter ascent of an eight-thousander was done by a Polish team led by Andrzej Zawada on Mount Everest. Two climbers Leszek Cichy and Krzysztof Wielicki reached the summit on 17 February 1980.[5]

The first person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders was Italian Reinhold Messner, on 16 October 1986. In 1987, Polish climber Jerzy Kukuczka became the second person to accomplish this feat. Kukuczka is also the man who established the most new routes (9) on the main eight-thousanders. Messner summited each of the 14 peaks without the aid of bottled oxygen. This feat was not repeated until nine years later by the Swiss Erhard Loretan in 1995. Phurba Tashi of Nepal has completed the most climbs of the eight-thousanders, with 30 ascents between 1998 and 2011.[6] Juanito Oiarzabal has completed the second most, with a total of 25 ascents between 1985 and 2011.[7]

The Italian Simone Moro made the most first winter ascents of eight-thousanders (4); Jerzy Kukuczka made four winter ascents as well, but one was a repetition. As of May 2019, K2 remains the only eight-thousander that has never been summited during the winter season.[8]

30–highest peaks above 500 m in prominence.[9]

In 2010, Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban, became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders with no disputed climbing.[10] In August 2011, Austrian climber Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to climb the 14 eight-thousanders without the use of supplementary oxygen.[11][12]

The first couple and team who summited all 14 eight-thousanders together were the Italians Nives Meroi (second woman without supplementary oxygen), and her husband Romano Benet in 2017. The couple climbed alpine style, without the use of supplementary oxygen and other aids.[13]

As of November 2018, the country with the most climbers to have climbed all 14 eight-thousanders is Italy with seven climbers, followed by Spain with six climbers, and South Korea with five climbers. Kazakhstan and Poland each have three climbers who have completed the "Crown of the Himalaya" (all 14 eight-thousanders).

On 29 October 2019, former Nepalese Gurka, and Special Boat Service (SBS) elite soldier Nirmal Purja, set a new speed record by climbing the 14 eight-thousanders in 6 months and 6 days, beating the previous record of just under 8 years.[1][2]

List of 14
Selected data for the 14 eight-thousanders[14][15]
Mountain[14] First ascent[14] First winter ascent[14] From 1950 to March 2012[15] Climber Death
Rate[16][17][lower-alpha 1]
Peak Height[18] Prom.[18] Isol.[18] Location Date Summiter(s) Date Summiter(s) Total Ascents[lower-alpha 2] Total Deaths[lower-alpha 3] Deaths / Ascents[lower-alpha 4]
Everest 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) undefined or infinite Nepal
China		 29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary

Tenzing Norgay

 17 February 1980
 Krzysztof Wielicki
Leszek Cichy		 56562233.9%1.52%
K2 8,614 metres (28,261 ft) 4,020 metres (13,190 ft) 1,315.6 kilometres (817.5 mi) Pakistan
China[20]		 31 July 1954 Achille Compagnoni
Lino Lacedelli		 — 3068126.5%–[lower-alpha 5]
Kangchenjunga 8,586 metres (28,169 ft) 3,922 metres (12,867 ft) 124.2 kilometres (77.2 mi) Nepal
India[21]		 25 May 1955 George Band
Joe Brown		 11 January 1986 Krzysztof Wielicki
Jerzy Kukuczka		 2834014.1%3.00%
Lhotse 8,516 metres (27,940 ft) 610 metres (2,000 ft) 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) Nepal
China		 18 May 1956 Fritz Luchsinger
Ernst Reiss		 31 December 1988 Krzysztof Wielicki 461132.8%1.03%
Makalu 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) 2,378 metres (7,802 ft) 17.2 kilometres (10.7 mi) Nepal
China		 15 May 1955 Jean Couzy
Lionel Terray		 9 February 2009 Simone Moro
Denis Urubko		 361318.6%1.63%
Cho Oyu 8,188 metres (26,864 ft) 2,344 metres (7,690 ft) 27.7 kilometres (17.2 mi) Nepal
China		 19 October 1954 Joseph Joechler
Pasang Dawa Lama
Herbert Tichy		 12 February 1985 Maciej Berbeka
Maciej Pawlikowski		 3138441.4%0.64%
Dhaulagiri I 8,167 metres (26,795 ft) 3,357 metres (11,014 ft) 317.4 kilometres (197.2 mi) Nepal 13 May 1960 Kurt Diemberger
Peter Diener
Nawang Dorje
Nima Dorje
Ernst Forrer
Albin Schelbert		 21 January 1985 Andrzej Czok
Jerzy Kukuczka		 4486915.4%2.94%
Manaslu 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) 3,092 metres (10,144 ft) 105.5 kilometres (65.6 mi) Nepal 9 May 1956 Toshio Imanishi
Gyalzen Norbu		 12 January 1984 Maciej Berbeka
Ryszard Gajewski		 661659.8%2.77%
Nanga Parbat 8,125 metres (26,657 ft) 4,608 metres (15,118 ft) 187.9 kilometres (116.8 mi) Pakistan 3 July 1953 Hermann Buhl 26 February 2016 Muhammad Ali Sadpara
Simone Moro
Alex Txikon		 3356820.3%–[lower-alpha 5]
Annapurna I 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) 2,984 metres (9,790 ft) 33.7 kilometres (20.9 mi) Nepal 3 June 1950 Maurice Herzog
Louis Lachenal		 3 February 1987 Jerzy Kukuczka
Artur Hajzer		 1916131.9%4.05%
Gasherbrum I
(Hidden Peak)		 8,080 metres (26,510 ft) 2,155 metres (7,070 ft) 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi) Pakistan
China		 5 July 1958 Andrew Kauffman
Pete Schoening		 9 March 2012 Adam Bielecki
Janusz Gołąb		 334298.7%–[lower-alpha 5]
Broad Peak 8,051 metres (26,414 ft) 1,701 metres (5,581 ft) 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) Pakistan
China		 9 June 1957 Fritz Wintersteller
Marcus Schmuck
Kurt Diemberger
Hermann Buhl
 5 March 2013 Maciej Berbeka
Adam Bielecki
Tomasz Kowalski
Artur Małek		 404215.2%–[lower-alpha 5]
Gasherbrum II 8,035 metres (26,362 ft) 1,524 metres (5,000 ft) 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) Pakistan
China		 7 July 1956 Fritz Moravec
Josef Larch
Hans Willenpart		 2 February 2011 Simone Moro
Denis Urubko
Cory Richards		 930212.3%–[lower-alpha 5]
Shishapangma 8,027 metres (26,335 ft) 2,897 metres (9,505 ft) 90.8 kilometres (56.4 mi) China 2 May 1964 Xu Jing
Chang Chun-yen
Wang Fuzhou
Chen San
Cheng Tien-liang
Wu Tsung-yue
Sodnam Doji
Migmar Trashi
Doji
Yonten		 14 January 2005 Piotr Morawski
Simone Moro		 302258.3%

Proposed expansion
Deaths above base camp on eight-thousanders (1950 to March 2012).[15]

In 2012, to relieve capacity pressure,[22] and develop climbing tourism, Nepal lobbied the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (or UIAA) to reclassify five summits (two on Lhotse and three on Kanchenjunga), as standalone eight-thousanders, while Pakistan lobbied for a sixth summit (on Broad Peak)[23] In 2012, the UIAA set up a project group to consider the proposals called the AGURA Project.[23] The six proposed summits for reclassification are subsidiary-summits of existing eight-thousanders, but which are also themselves above 8,000 metres and have a prominence above 60 metres.

  Proposed to the UIAA in 2012 for reclassification as standalone eight-thousanders.[23]
List of the subsidiary peaks of the 14 eight-thousanders.[24]
Proposed new eight-thousander Height
(m)		 Prominence
(m)		 Dominance
(Prom / Height)[25]		 Dominance
classification[25]
Broad Peak Central80111812,26B2
Kangchenjunga W-Peak (Yalung Kang)85051351,59C1
Kangchenjunga S-Peak84761161,37C2
Kangchenjunga C-Peak8473630,74C2
Lhotse C-Peak I8410650,77C2
Lhotse Shar8382720,86C2
K 2 SW-Peak8580300,35D1
Lhotse C-Peak II8372370,44D1
Everest W-Peak8296300,36D1
Yalung Kang Shoulder8200400,49D1
Kangchenjunga SE-Peak8150300,37D1
K 2 P. 8134 (SW-Ridge)8134350,43D1
Annapurna C-Peak8013490,61D1
Nanga Parbat S-Peak8042300,37D1
Annapurna E-Peak7986650,81C2
Shisha Pangma C-Peak8008300,37D1
Everest NE-Shoulder8423190,23D2
Everest NE-Pinnacle III8383130,16D2
Lhotse N-Pinnacle III8327100,12D2
Lhotse N-Pinnacle II8307120,14D2
Lhotse N-Pinnacle I8290100,12D2
Everest NE-Pinnacle II8282250,30D2

The proposed six new eight-thousander peaks would not meet the wider UIAA criteria of 600 metres of elevation from nearest larger mountain's saddle, called topographic prominence, as used by the UIAA elsewhere for major mountains (the lowest prominence of the existing 14 eight-thousanders is Lhotse, at 610 metres).[26][27] For example, only Broad Peak Central, with a topographic prominence of 181 metres, would even meet the 150–metre prominence threshold to be a British Isles Marilyn.[26] However, the appeal noted the UIAA's 1994 reclassification of Alpine 4,000-metre peaks where a prominence threshold of 30 metres was used, amongst other criteria; the logic being that if 30 metres worked for 4,000-metre summits, then 60 metres is proportional for 8,000m summits.[28]

As of November 2018, there has been no conclusion by the UIAA and the proposals appear to have been set aside.

Climbers of all 14

There is no single undisputed source for verified Himalayan ascents, however, Elizabeth Hawley's The Himalayan Database,[29] is considered as an important source for the Nepalese Himalayas.[30][31] Online ascent databases pay close regard to The Himalayan Database, including the website AdventureStats.com,[32] and the Eberhard Jurgalski List.[33] Various mountaineering journals, including the Alpine Journal and the American Alpine Journal, maintain extensive records and archives but do not always opine on ascents.

Verified ascents
Reinhold Messner, first to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, and first to do so without supplementary oxygen.
Edurne Pasaban, first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders after Oh Eun-sun’s claim was disputed.
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, first woman to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen.
  First male to have summited all 14 eight-thousanders, and first to do so without supplementary oxygen
  First female to have summited all 14 eight-thousanders; with supplementary oxygen
  First female to have summited all 14 eight-thousanders; no supplementary oxygen
  Fastest ascent of all 14 eight-thousanders
  Youngest person to climb all 14 eight-thousanders

The "No O2" column lists people who have climbed all 14 eight-thousanders without supplementary oxygen.

List of climbers who have summited all 14 eight-thousanders.[34]
Order Order
(No O2)		 Name Period Born Age Nationality
1 1 Reinhold Messner 1970–1986 1944 42 Italian
2 Jerzy Kukuczka 1979–1987 1948 39 Polish
3 2 Erhard Loretan 1982–1995 1959 36 Swiss
4 [35] Carlos Carsolio 1985–1996 1962 33 Mexican
5 Krzysztof Wielicki 1980–1996 1950 46 Polish
6 3 Juanito Oiarzabal 1985–1999 1956 43 Spanish
7 Sergio Martini 1983–2000 1949 51 Italian
8 Park Young-seok 1993–2001 1963 38 Korean
9 Um Hong-gil 1988–2001 1960[36] 40 Korean
10 4 Alberto Iñurrategi 1991–2002[37] 1968 33 Spanish
11 Han Wang-yong 1994–2003 1966 37 Korean
12 5[38] Ed Viesturs 1989–2005 1959 46 American
13 6[39][40][41] Silvio Mondinelli 1993–2007 1958 49 Italian
14 7[42] Ivan Vallejo 1997–2008 1959 49 Ecuadorian
15 8[43] Denis Urubko 2000–2009 1973 35 Kazakhstani
16 Ralf Dujmovits 1990–2009 1961[44] 47 German
17 9 Veikka Gustafsson 1993–2009 1968 41 Finnish
18[45] Andrew Lock 1993–2009 1961[46] 48 Australian
19 10 João Garcia 1993–2010 1967 43 Portuguese
20[47] Piotr Pustelnik 1990–2010 1951 58 Polish
21[48] Edurne Pasaban 2001–2010 1973 36 Spanish
22[49] Abele Blanc 1992–2011[50][51] 1954 56 Italian
23 Mingma Sherpa 2000–2011[50] 1978 33 Nepali
24 11 Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner 1998–2011[50] 1970 40 Austrian
25 Vassily Pivtsov 2001–2011[50] 1975 36 Kazakhstani
26 12 Maxut Zhumayev 2001–2011[50] 1977 34 Kazakhstani
27 Kim Jae-soo 2000–2011[50] 1961 50 Korean
28[52] 13 Mario Panzeri 1988–2012 1964 48 Italian
29[53] Hirotaka Takeuchi 1995–2012[53] 1971 41 Japanese
30 Chhang Dawa Sherpa 2001–2013[50] 1982 30 Nepali
31 14 Kim Chang-ho 2005–2013[50] 1970 43 Korean
32 Jorge Egocheaga 2002–2014[54] 1968 45 Spanish
33 15 Radek Jaroš 1998–2014[50] 1964 50 Czech
34/35[55] 16/17[55] Nives Meroi 1998–2017[56][57] 1961 55 Italian
34/35[55] 16/17[55] Romano Benet 1998–2017[56][57][58] 1962 55 Italian
Slovenian
36 Peter Hámor 1998–2017[59] 1964 52 Slovak
37 18 Azim Gheychisaz 2008–2017[60] 1981 37 Iranian
38 Ferran Latorre 1999–2017[61] 1970 46 Spanish
39 19 Òscar Cadiach 1984–2017[62] 1952 64 Spanish
40 Kim Mi-gon 2000–2018[63][64] 1973 45 Korean
41 Sanu Sherpa 2006–2019[65] 1975 44 Nepali
42 Nirmal Purja April 2019 – October 2019[2] 1983 36 Nepali
43 Mingma Gyabu Sherpa 2010–2019[66][67] 1989 30 Nepali

Disputed ascents

Claims have been made for all 14 peaks in which not enough evidence was provided to verify the ascent. The disputed ascent in each claim is shown in parentheses. In most cases, the Himalayan chronicler Elizabeth Hawley is considered the definitive source regarding the facts of the dispute. Her The Himalayan Database is the source for other online Himalayan ascent databases (e.g. AdventureStats.com).[30][31]

Cho Oyu is a recurrent problem peak as it is a small hump about 30 mins into the summit plateau, and the main proxy of a view of Everest, which is possible from the true summit, requires clear weather.[68][69] Shishapangma is another problem peak because of its dual summits, which despite being close in height, are up to two hours climbing time apart.[70] Hawley judged that Ed Viesturs had not reached the true summit, and he re-climbed the mountain to definitively establish his ascent.[71]

Name Period Born Age Nationality
Fausto De Stefani (Lhotse 1997)[72]
(His partner Sergio Martini reclimbed Lhotse in 2000 to verify his 14, see above)		 1983–1998 1952 46 Italian
Alan Hinkes (Cho Oyu 1990)[73][74]
(Hinkes rejects Hawley's decision to "unrecognise" his Cho Oyu ascent, see "Cho Oyu dispute")		 1987–2005 1954 53 British
Vladislav Terzyul (Shishapangma (West) Summit 2000, Broad Peak 1995[75][76])[77][78]
(As he did not claim the main summit of Shishapangma, this status is unlikely to change)		 1993–2004 (deceased) 1953 49 Ukrainian
Oh Eun-sun (Kangchenjunga 2009)[79][80][81]
(As the potential first female climber of all 14, this dispute was followed internationally)[80]		 1997–2010 1966 44 Korean
Carlos Pauner (Shishapangma 2012)[82]
(Pauner acknowledged his uncertainty as it was dark, but says he might reclimb to remove the doubt)[83]		 2001–2013 1963 50 Spanish
Zhang Liang (Shishapangma 2018)[84][85][86]
(According Chinese state media and The Himalayan Times, Zhang completed all 14 with other three climbers in the 2018 Chinese Shishapangma expedition, which is suspected that they only reached the central summit)		 2000–2018 1964 54 Chinese
Comparison of the heights of the Eight-thousanders (red triangles) with the Seven Summits and Seven Second Summits.

See also

Notes
  1. Per The Himalayan Database (HDB) tables, the Climber (or Member) Death Rate is the ratio of deaths above base camp, of all climbers who were hoping to summit and who went above base camp, for 1950 to 2009, and is closer to a true probability of death; the data is only for Nepalese Himalaya. Summary tables from the HDB report for all mountains above 8,000 metres, imply that the death rate for the period 1990 to 2009 (e.g. modern expeditions), is roughly half that of the combined 1950 to 2009 period.[16]
  2. As recorded by Eberhard Jurgalski
  3. As recorded by Eberhard Jurgalski and being any death (climber or other) above Base Camp.[19]
  4. This should not be mistaken as being a death rate; it does not imply a probabiltiy of death for a climber attempting to climb an eight-thousander as it includes all deaths from all activities undertaken above base camp (e.g. training or reconissance trips, camp stocking activities by porters who will not be summiting the mountain, rescue attempts etc.). It therefore compares deaths from the larger group of people who were, and were not, making a summit attempt, with the smaller group who were making a summit attempt. While it is not a probability, the statistic does reflect the ratio of people who died above base camp for each climber who summited.
  5. Data is not available for the Pakistani Himalayas

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