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Eight Thousanders - Nama Lain Masing-Masing

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Shishapangma Main Summit (8,027m) Empat belas puncak tertinggi dunia ada nama lain sebagai jolokan / gandingan. 1). Mount Everest: 8,848 meters (Nepal / China) 2). K2: 8,611 meters (The Savage Mountain)  3). Kangchenjunga: 8,586 meters (Five treasure of the snow) 4). Lhotse: 8,516 meters (Everest's southern neighbor)  5). Makalu: 8,485 meters (The four sided pyramid) 6). Cho Oyu: 8,188 meters (the easiest of the fourteen)  7). Dhaulagiri I: 8,167 meters (The White Mountain)  8). Manaslu: 8,163 meters (Mountain of The Spirit)  9). Nanga Parbat: 8,126 meters (The Killer Mountain) 10). Annapurna I: 8,091 meters (The deadliest 8,000er)  11). Gasherbrum I: 8,080 meters (Hidden Peak)  12). Broad Peak: 8,051 meters (K2's neighbor)  13). Gasherbrum II: 8,035 meters (the Karakoram's most accessible)  14). Shishapangma: 8,027 meters (the last 8,000er to fall). Shishapangma  was called the last 8,000er to "fall" (be first climbed) because political...

Eight Thousanders - Pendaki Awal

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Kita tengok pula siapakah pendaki pertama yang berjaya tiba puncak Eight Thousanders. The Fourteen Eight-Thousanders (by height); 1). Mount Everest: 8,848 meters ( 1953 Hillary & Tenzing Norgay ). 2). K2: 8,611 meters ( 1954 Lacedelli & Compagnoni ). 3). Kangchenjunga: 8,586 meters ( 1955 Band & Brown ). 4). Lhotse: 8,516 meters ( 1956 Luchsinger & Reiss ). 5). Makalu: 8,485 meters ( 1955 Couzy & Terray ). 6). Cho Oyu: 8,188 meters ( 1954 Tichy, Jöchler, Pasang Dawa Lama ). 7). Dhaulagiri I: 8,167 meters ( 1960 Swiss-Austrian team ). 8). Manaslu: 8,163 meters ( 1956 Imanishi & Gyalzen Norbu ). 9). Nanga Parbat: 8,126 meters ( 1953 Hermann Buhl, solo ). 10). Annapurna I: 8,091 meters ( 1950 Herzog & Lachenal - the first 8000er ever climbed; both climbers losing fingers and toes due to frostbites ). 11). Gasherbrum I: 8,080 meters ( 1958 Schoening & Kauffman ).  12). Broad Peak: 8,051 meters ( 1957 Buhl, Diemberger, Schmuck, Wintersteller ). 13). Gashe...