Summits

Summit Altitude Notes
Mount Everest 8849m

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

K2 8611m

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

[3] https://open.spotify.com/episode/5wDQJCf98Kp337vUgNXp2K

Kangchenjunga 8586m

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

Lhotse 8516m
Makalu 8481m
Cho Oyu 8188m
Dhaulagiri 8167m
Manaslu 8163m
Nanga Parbat 8126m
Annapurna I 8091m

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

Gasherbrum I 8080m

References

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

Broad Peak 8051m
Gasherbrum II 8035m
Shishapangma 8027m
Gasherbrum III 7952m
Annapurna II 7937m
Gasherbrum IV 7925m
Ngadi Chuli 7871m
Nuptse 7861m
Nanda Devi 7817m

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