K2 in 2021). On a variety of statistical techniques, the deadliest eight-thousander is Annapurna I (one death – climber or climber support – for every...

The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains that rise more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) above sea level. They are all in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain...

experience as a mountaineer. On 18 May 2014, he made his first ascent of an eight-thousander by summiting Dhaulagiri (8,167 metres) during a return trip of only...

mountaineer Nirmal Purja and his team as they attempt to climb all 14 eight-thousander peaks within a record time of under seven months. The previous record...

to its summit through the north face in 1950, making it the first eight-thousander to be successfully climbed. The entire massif and surrounding area...

attempts to complete the first-ever winter ascent of Broad Peak, an eight-thousander in the Karakoram. It was released on Netflix on 14 September 2022....

(first non-European) and the second youngest to climb the world's 14 eight-thousander mountains, all of them without supplementary oxygen (although, he required...

Perillat (France) became the first woman to ski from the top of an eight-thousander and the first woman to ski from over 8000 meters, skiing off the top...

the easiest eight-thousander, with the lowest death-summit ratio (1⁄25th of Annapurna's). It is the second most climbed eight-thousander after Everest...

in 2016. No other climber has made more first winter ascents of an eight-thousander in history. He has summited Everest four times, in 2000, 2002, 2006...

20 May 2012) was a Czech mountaineer. In 2002, he climbed his first eight-thousander Shishapangma. In 2005 and 2007 respectively he unsuccessfully tried...

Eight per thousand (Italian: otto per mille) is an Italian law under which Italian taxpayers devolve a compulsory 8 ‰ = 0.8% (eight per mil, i.e. per...

February 1985 with Maciej Pawlikowski (the only winter ascent on an eight-thousander made along a new route), and Broad Peak on 5 March 2013 with Adam Bielecki...

Though Lhotse Main is considered to be an intermediately difficult eight-thousander when ascended from the standard Reiss Couloir route, its secondary...

climb more than two eight-thousanders. It was the first time a mountaineering expedition succeeded in scaling an eight-thousander using alpine style climbing...

climb all 14 eight-thousander peaks in six months. She came close to beating Purja's record time for climbing all 14 eight-thousanders in a season with...

her ascent of Manaslu, she became the first Arab person to summit an eight-thousander without oxygen. She is Director of Marketing and Communications for...

It is located entirely within Tibet. In 1964, it became the final eight-thousander to be climbed. Geologist Toni Hagen explained the name as meaning a...

winter ascent. Broad Peak was the twelfth eight-thousander summited in wintertime and the tenth eight-thousander first summitted in winter by Polish climbers...

to its summit through the north face in 1950, making it the first eight-thousander to be successfully climbed. The name for the range comes from the Hindu...

26 January 2018) was a Polish high-altitude climber. He died on an eight-thousander Nanga Parbat, known as the "Killer Mountain", in Pakistan. Born in...

ascents of eight-thousanders, in contrast to the "siege" tactics which had largely prevailed to this time. It was the first time an eight-thousander had been...

ascent of an eight-thousander, by Jerónimo López and Gerardo Blázquez. It was not until 1990, however, that he achieved his first 'eight-thousander' (Nanga...

1986, when five mountaineers died on the eight-thousander K2, in the Karakoram during a severe storm. Eight other climbers were killed in the weeks preceding...

Slovenes to summit an eight-thousander. The first amongst them was Stane Belak. This was the third ascent of an eight-thousand meter peak by a great mountain...

ranges in Europe are below 2,500 m. Two-thousander Four-thousander Eight-thousander List of Alpine three-thousanders English sources for this term are numerous...

Karakoram. In 2000, he climbed his first eight thousander, Kangchenjunga. He continues to work on his eight thousander mission. Dawa is currently pursuing...

Kanchenjunga as the second hardest eight-thousander mountain, which he also climbed on his third attempt. As an eight-thousander climber, Hinkes has encountered...

first winter ascent of Mount Everest, the first winter ascent of an eight-thousander. The team of 20 Polish climbers and 4 Sherpas established a base camp...

Commission form 8,000 metres or 8K, a common running race distance Eight-thousander, a class of tall mountains GCR Class 8K, a class of British 2-8-0 steam...