All14oftheworld’s8,000-meterpeaksarelocatedintheHimalayaortheKarakoramrangesinAsia.AccordingtoEverestnews.com,only17climbershavereachedthesummitsofall14:ReinholdMessner(Italy)wasfirst,followedbyJerzyKukuczka(Poland),EhardtLoretan(Switzerland),CarlosCarsolio(Mexico),KrzysztofWielicki(Poland),JuanOiarzabal(Spain),SergioMartini(Italy),ParkYoungSeok(Korea),Hang-GilUm(Korea),AlbertoInurrategui(Spain),HanWangYong(Korea),EdViesturs(U.S.),AlanHinkes(British),andSilvioMondinelli(Italy),IvanVallejo(Ecuador),DenisUrubko(Kazakhstan),AndrewLock(Australia). Mountain Location Height Firsttosummit(nationality) Date Meters Feet 1.Everest1 Nepal/Tibet 8,850 29,035 EdmundHillary(NewZealander,UK),TenzingNorgay(Nepalese) May29,1953 2.K2(GodwinAusten) Pakistan/China 8,611 28,250 A.Compagnoni,L.Lacedelli(Italian) July31,1954 3.Kangchenjunga Nepal/India 8,586 28,169 G.Band,J.Brown,N.Hardie,S.Streather(UK) May25,1955 4.Lhotse Nepal/Tibet 8,516 27,940 F.Luchsinger,E.Reiss(Swiss) May18,1956 5.Makalu Nepal/Tibet 8,463 27,766 J.Couzy,L.Terray,J.Franco,G.Magnone-Gialtsen,J.Bouier,S.Coupé,P.Leroux,A.Vialatte(French) May15,1955 6.ChoOyu Nepal/Tibet 8,201 26,906 H.Tichy,S.Jöchler(Austrian),PasangDawaLama(Nepalese) Oct.19,1954 7.Dhaulagiri Nepal 8,167 26,795 A.Schelbert,E.Forrer,K.Diemberger,P.Diener(Swiss),NyimaDorji,NawangDorji(Nepalese) May13,1960 8.Manaslu Nepal 8,163 26,781 T.Imamishi,K.Kato,M.Higeta,(Japanese)G.Norbu(Nepalese) May9,1956 9.NangaParbat Pakistan 8,125 26,660 HermannBuhl(Austrian) July3,1953 10.Annapurna Nepal 8,091 26,545 M.Herzog,L.Lachenal(French) June3,1950 11.GasherbrumI Pakistan/China 8,068 26,470 P.K.Schoeing,A.J.Kauffman July4,1958 12.BroadPeak Pakistan/China 8,047 26,400 M.Schmuck,F.Wintersteller,K.Diemberger,H.Buhl(Austrian) June9,1957 13.GasherbrumII Pakistan/China 8,035 26,360 F.Moravec,S.Larch,H.Willenpart(Austrian) July7,1956 14.ShishaPangma Tibet 8,013 26,289 HsuChingandteamof9(Chinese) May2,1964 1.The1955elevationofEverest,29,028ft.(8,848m),wasrevisedonNov.11,1999,andnowstandsat29,035ft.(8,850m).