The highest mountains in the world: the 14 eight-thousanders
The top 3 according to 25 votes from people: Mount Everest · K2 · Manaslu. (Updated Oct 22, 2020.)
The only 14 mountains on Earth over 8,000 metres, all in the Himalaya and the Karakoram, with their height and first ascent, according to Wikipedia. Which is the most impressive?
Top 14
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1
Mount Everest
8,849 m, Himalaya (Nepal / China). First ascent 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
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2
K2
8,611 m, Karakoram (Pakistan / China). First ascent 1954: Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli (Italy); first winter ascent in 2021.
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3
Manaslu
8,163 m, Himalaya (Nepal). First ascent 1956: Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu (Japanese expedition).
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4
Cho Oyu
8,188 m, Himalaya (Nepal / China). First ascent 1954: Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama.
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5
Annapurna I
8,091 m, Himalaya (Nepal). First ascent 1950: Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal; the first eight-thousander ever climbed.
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6
Kangchenjunga
8,586 m, Himalaya (Nepal / India). First ascent 1955: George Band and Joe Brown, who stopped just short of the sacred summit.
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7
Lhotse
8,516 m, Himalaya (Nepal / China). First ascent 1956: Fritz Luchsinger and Ernst Reiss (Switzerland).
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8
Makalu
8,485 m, Himalaya (Nepal / China). First ascent 1955: Jean Couzy and Lionel Terray (France).
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9
Dhaulagiri I
8,167 m, Himalaya (Nepal). First ascent 1960: a Swiss-led team including Kurt Diemberger.
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10
Nanga Parbat
8,125 m, Himalaya (Pakistan). First ascent 1953: Hermann Buhl, alone on the summit day.
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11
Gasherbrum I
8,080 m, Karakoram (Pakistan / China). First ascent 1958: Pete Schoening and Andrew Kauffman (USA).
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12
Broad Peak
8,051 m, Karakoram (Pakistan / China). First ascent 1957: Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, Marcus Schmuck and Fritz Wintersteller.
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13
Shishapangma
8,027 m, Himalaya (China (Tibet)). First ascent 1964: a Chinese expedition; the last eight-thousander to be climbed.
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Gasherbrum II
8,034 m, Karakoram (Pakistan / China). First ascent 1956: Fritz Moravec's Austrian expedition.
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Comments (2)
Annapurna I has the highest fatality rate of all the 8000ers.
K2 is much harder than Everest, the savage mountain.