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THE WORLDS HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
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| MOUNTAIN |
HEIGHT |
COUNTRY |
FIRST ASCENDER |
YEAR |
| Everest |
8,848 |
Nepal/Tibet |
Edmund
Hillary
Tenzing
Norgay
|
1953 |
| K2 |
8,611 |
Pakistan/China |
Achille Compagnoni
Lino Lacedelli |
1954 |
| Kangchenjunga |
8,586 |
India/Nepal |
George Band
Joe Brown
Tony Streather
Norman Hardie |
1955 |
| Lhotse |
8,516 |
Nepal/Tibet |
Fritz Luchsinger
Ernest Reiss |
1956 |
| Makalu |
8,463 |
Nepal/Tibet |
Jean Couzy
Lionel Terray
Jean Franco
Guido Magnone
Jean Bouvier
Serge Coupé
Pierre Leroux
André Vialatte
Gyalzen Norbu |
1955 |
| Cho Oyu |
8,201 |
Nepal/Tibet |
Herbert Tichy
Sepp Jöchler
Pasang Dawa Lama |
1954 |
| Dhaulagiri |
8,167 |
Nepal |
Kurt
Dimberger
Peter Diener
Ernest Forrer
Albin Scelbert
Michel Vaucher
Hugo Weber
Nawang Dorje
Nyama Dorje |
1960 |
| Manaslu |
8,163 |
Nepal |
Toshio Imanishi
Kiishiro Kato
Minoru Higeta
Gyalazen Norbu |
1956 |
| Nanga
Parbat |
8,125 |
Pakistan |
Hermann
Buhl |
1953 |
| Annapurna |
8,091 |
Nepal |
Maurice Herzog
Louis Lachenal |
1950 |
| Gasherbrum
I |
8,068 |
Pakistan/China |
Anderw Kauffmann
Pete Schoening |
1958 |
| Broad Peak |
8,047 |
Pakistan/China |
Kurt
Diemberger
Hermann
Buhl
Markus Schmock
Fritz Wintersteller |
1957 |
Shisha
Pangma |
8,046 |
Tibet |
10 climbers
from
Tibet / China |
1964 |
| Gasherbrum
II |
8,035 |
Pakistan/China |
Sepp Larch
Fritz Moravel
Hans Willenpart |
1956 |
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| Aconcagua |
6,959 |
Argentina |
Mathias Zurbriggen |
1897 |
| McKinley |
6,194 |
Alaska |
Harry Karstens
Robert Tatum
Walter Harper |
1913 |
| Kilimanjaro |
5,895 |
Tanzania |
Hans Meyer
Ludwig Purtscheller |
1889 |
| El'brus |
5,633 |
Russia |
Akia Sottaev*
Douglas Freshfield
*(Reached the summit at the age of 86,
doubted first ascent) |
1868 |
| Agri (Ararat) |
5,137 |
Turkey |
J.von Parrot
(Bozkurt Ergor, first winter ascent in 1970) |
1829 |
| Mount Vinson |
4,897 |
Antarctica |
Nick Clinch
with friends. |
1966 |
Carstenz
Pyramid |
4,884 |
New Guinea |
Heinrich Harrier
Phil Temple
Kippax
Huizenger |
1962 |
| Mount
Blanc |
4,807 |
France |
Michel Paccard
Jaques Balmat |
1786 |
| Matterhorn |
4,478 |
Switzerland |
Edward Whymper
Peter Taugwalder (father)
Peter Taugwalder (son)
Charles Hudson*
Francis Douglas*
Douglas Hadow*
Michel Croz*
*(killed during descent) |
1865 |
| Mt. Cook |
3,764 |
NewZeeland |
G. Graham
T. Fyfe
J. Clark |
1894 |
| FitzRoy |
3,405 |
Argentina |
Lionel Terray
Guido Magnone |
1952 |
| Cerro Torre |
3,102 |
Argentina |
Cesare Maestri
Toni Egger*
*(killed during descent)
Doubted first ascent. |
1959 |
| Glittertind |
2,470 |
Norway |
Harald Nicolai
Storm-
Wergeland
Hans Sletten |
1841 |
| Galdhøpiggen |
2,469 |
Norway |
L. Arnesen
S. Flotten
Steinar Sulheim |
1850 |
| Kebnekaise |
2,117 |
Sweden |
Charles Rabot
with local carriers |
1882 |
| Sarektjåkkå |
2,089 |
Sweden |
G.W. Bucht
with local carriers |
1879 |

"I've always regarded climbing as a sophisticated escape
from artificiaty to reality."
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