Links:

8000 Metres

Alpine Ascents

The Nepal Trekking Guide

Reinhold Messner

Ed Viesturs

Mountain Madness

MountEverest.net

EverestHistory.com

The 7 Summits

EverestNews.com

Everest 2006

Himalaya Maps

Mountain Images: Himalayas

Books:

All Fourteen 8,000ers
by Reinhold Messner

Himalayan Quest: Ed Viesturs on the 8,000-Meter Giants
by Ed Viesturs, Peter Potterfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain		Location	First Ascent
Everest 8,850m / 29,035ft		Nepal	1953 Sir E. Hillary, T. Norgay
K2 8,611m / 28,250ft		Pakistan	1954 A. Compagnoni, L. Lacedelli
Kangchenjunga 8,586m / 28,169ft		Nepal/Sikkim	1955 G. Band, J. Brown
Lhotse 8,516m / 27,940ft		Nepal/Tibet	1956 F. Luchsinger, E. Reiss
Makalu 8,463m / 27,766ft		Nepal	1955 J. Couzy, L. Terrary
Cho-Oyu 8,201m / 26,906ft		Nepal/Tibet	1954 S. Joechler, H. Tichy, P. Dawa Lama
Dhaulagiri 8,167m / 26,795ft		Nepal	1960 K. Diemberger, P. Diener, M. Dorji, E. Forrer, N. Dorji, A. Schelbert
Manaslu 8,163m / 26,781ft		Nepal	1956 T. Imanishi, G. Norbu
Nanga Parbat 8,125m / 26,660ft		Pakistan	1953 H. Buhl
Annapurna 8,091m / 26,545ft		Nepal	1950 M. Herzog, L. Lachenal
Gasherbrum I 8,068m / 26,470ft		Pakistan/China	1958 A. Kaufman, P. Schoening
Broad Peak 8,068m / 26,470ft		Pakistan/China	1957 H. Buhl, K. Diemberger, M. Schmuck, F. Witerstellar
Gasherbrum II 8,035m / 26,360ft		Pakistan/China	1956 S. Larch, F. Moravec, H. Willenpart
Shishapangma 8,013m / 26,291ft		China/Tibet	1964 H. Ching & nine climbers

Climbers who summited all 8000m peaks:

	Name	Time Span	Country
1	Reinhold Messner	1970-1986	Italy
2	Jerzy Kukuczka	1979-1987	Poland
3	Erhard Loretan	1982-1995	Switzerland
4	Carlos Carsolio	1985-1996	Mexico
5	Krzysztof Wielicki	1980-1996	Poland
6	Juanito Oiarzabal	1985-1999	Spain
7	Sergio Martini	1976-2000	Italy
8	Hong-Gil Um	1988-2000	South Korea
9	Park Young Seok	1993-2001	South Korea
10	Alberto Inurrategi	1991-2002	Spain
11	Han Wang Yong	1994-2003	South Korea
12	Ed Viesturs	1989-2005	USA
13	Alan Hinkes	1987-2005	Great Britain