Summits

Mount Everest is the highest mountain on earth as measured by height above sea level.

George Irving Bell:

It's a savage mountain that tries to kill you. [1]

References

[1] Alpine Club Journal, 2001

[2] K2 by Norman Dyhrenfurth and Günter Dyhrenfurth, Mountain 70 (1979), page 27

Kangchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world and lies in a border region between Neap and India.

The first 8000m peak to be climbed when Maurice Herzog led a French expedition to the summit via the North Face in 1950.

References

[1] The History of Gaserbrum I in Winter, 2024 https://www.desnivel.com/cultura/la-historia-del-gasherbrum-i-invernal/

At the time of the first ascent in 1931 Kamet was the highest peak to have ever been climbed.

References

[1] Alpine Journal43 1931 289-308 Smythe Kamet

[2] Alpine Journal49 239-241 Lewis & Yeld Kamet