Fourteen mountains in the world rise above 8,000-meters (26,247 feet). The International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (“UIAA”) recognizes only these peaks as meeting the 8,000-meter ...

Mountaineer Alasdair McKenzie from France just became the youngest European to summit all fourteen of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

The range is home to the fourteen 8,000-meter peaks - the highest mountains in the world known as ‘The Roof of the World’.' Winter Ascents of Himalayan peaks present an additional set of ...

competing to become the first American woman to summit all 14 of the world's 8,000-meter peaks. The two had already climbed 13 of them, a daunting accomplishment in itself, and all that remained ...

Six years later, he ticked off Lhotse, becoming not only the first person to climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks but also the first to do so without supplementary oxygen. His climbs on the world ...

Mingma G. Sherpa, a renowned Nepalese mountaineer, made history as the first Nepali to scale all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters without supplemental oxygen. His achievements were celebrated by the Nepal ...

Hailing from Rolwaling of Dolakha District bordering the Tibetan side of Nepal, Sherpa on October 4, stood atop Shishapangma (8,027 meters) in Tibet becoming the first climber from Nepal to scale 14 ...

summit four Nepalese peaks—a 6,000-meter (Lobuche), 7,000-meter (Putha Hiunchuli), 8,000-meter (Manaslu), and 9,000-meter (which doesn’t exist, but Everest, at 8,849 meters,is the closest ...

Alex Txikon Sidelined on Annapurna Elite mountaineer Alex Txikon from Lemoa (Basque Country) has climbed 11 of the 14 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains ...

Elite mountaineer Alex Txikon from Lemoa (Basque Country) has climbed 11 of the 14 8,000-meter peaks – the highest mountains in the world. Txikon, embarking on his 11th winter expedition in the ...