General Info
Friday, 15 February 2008 12:45
- Geographical facts of the Main 8000ers
- First ascents information of the Main 8000ers
- First ascents information without bottled oxygen of seven Main-8000ers
- Geographical facts of the subsidiary peaks
- First ascents information of the subsidiary peaks
- First ascents information of the subsidiary peaks without bottled oxygen


Geographical facts of the Main 8000ers

NAMEALT/mCOUNTRIESLATITUDE LONGITUDE RPAREAPD
EVEREST8848Np/Chn (Tb)27°59'18"N86°55'33"ENHKHUMBU HIMAL8848100,00
K28611Pk/Chn (Sk)35°52'51"N76°30'48"EKkBALTORO MUZTAGH401746,65
KANGCHENJUNGA8586
Np/Ind
27°42'09"N88°08'54"ESHKANGCHENJUNGA HIMAL392245,68
LHOTSE8516Np/Chn (Tb)27°57'42"N86°56'00"ENHKHUMBU HIMAL6107,16
MAKALU8485Np/Chn (Tb)27°53'24"N87°05'18"ENHBARUN HIMAL237828,03
CHO OYU8188Np/Chn (Tb)28°05'39"N86°39'39"ENHKHUMBU HIMAL234028,58
DHAULAGIRI I8167
Np
28°41'48"N83°29'39"ENHDHAULAGIRI HIMAL335741,10
MANASLU8163
Np
28°33'00"N84°33'39"ENHMANSIRI HIMAL309237,88
NANGA PARBAT8125
Pk
35°14'15"N74°35'24"EKHNANGA PARBAT AREA460856,71
ANNAPURNA I8091
Np
28°35'45"N83°49'15"ENHANNAPURNA HIMAL298436,88
GASHERBRUM I8080Pk/Chn (Sk)35°43'27"N76°41'48"EKkBALTORO MUZTAGH215526,67
BROAD PEAK8051Pk/Chn (Sk)35°48'39"N76°34'06"EKkBALTORO MUZTAGH170121,13
GASHERBRUM II8034Pk/Chn (Sk)35°45'27"N76°39'15"EKkBALTORO MUZTAGH152318,96
SHISHA PANGMA8027Chn (Tb)28°21'09"N85°46'45"ENHJUGAL HIMAL289736,09

RP = Range Parts:
NH = Nepal-Himalaya, Kk = Karakorum,
SH = Sikkim-Himalaya, KH = Kashmir-Himalaya

The altitudes of the Nepalese mountains are taken from the Finnmaps and for the Karakorum mountains they are from the Chinese snow map. The altitude of Shisha Pangma was taken from the Austrian Alpine Club map, it was revised recently also on Chinese maps!

P = Orometrical Prominence - see special section about prominence
D = Orometrical Dominance - see special section about dominance


First ascents information of the Main 8000ers


NAMEDATEExpeditionFirst ascenders
EVEREST29.05.1953BritishEdmund Hillary (NZ),Tenzing Norgay (Ind/Sh)
K231.07.1954ItalianAchille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli
KANGCHENJUNGA25.05.1955BritishGeorge Band, Joe Brown
LHOTSE18.05.1956SwissFritz Luchsinger, Ernst Reiss
MAKALU15.05.1955FrenchJean Couzy, Lionel Terray
CHO OYU19.10.1954AustrianJosef Jöchler, Herbert Tichy, Pasang Dawa Lama (Ind/Sh)
DHAULAGIRI I13.05.1960SwissKurt Diemberger (A), Peter Diener (Ger), Ernst Forrer, Albin Schelbert, Nawang Dorje (Nep/Sh), Nima Dorje (Nep/Sh)
MANASLU09.05.1956JapaneseToshio Imanishi, Gyalzen Norbu (Ind/Sh)
NANGA PARBAT03.07.1953Austro-GermanHermann Buhl (A)
ANNAPURNA I
03.06.1950FrenchMaurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal
GASHERBRUM I05.07.1958AmericanAndrew J. Kauffman, Peter K. Schoening
BROAD PEAK09.06.1957AustrianHermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, Marcus Schmuck, Fritz Wintersteller
GASHERBRUM II07.07.1956AustrianJosef Larch, Fritz Moravec, Johann Willenpart
SHISHA PANGMA02.05.1964ChineseHsu Ching, Chang Chun-yen, Wang Fu-zhou, Chen Sam, Cheng Tien-liang, Wu Tsung-yue, Sodnam Doji, Migmar Trashi, Doji, Yonten


Seven of the Main-8000ers were first climbed with bottled oxygen! The first ascents information without bottled oxygen:

NAMEDATEExpeditionFirst ascenders
EVEREST08.05.1978Austro-ItalianPeter Habeler (A), Reinhold Messner (It)
K206.09.1978AmericanLouis F. Reichardt
KANGCHENJUNGA16.05.1979BritishDoug Scott, Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker
LHOTSE11.05.1977GermanMichel Dacher
MAKALU06.10.1975SlovenianMarjan Manfreda
MANASLU25.04.1972ItalianReinhold Messner
GASHERBRUM I10.08.1975Austro-ItalianPeter Habeler (A), Reinhold Messner (It)


There are several different subsidiary peaks! Here are the geographical facts, from the one "relative independent Main-Peak" (EU category B) over the important subsidiary peaks (C) to the major notable points (D1) Especially the last category is just guessed by contours or from photographs. If climbers pass the connecting cols in the future, it would be appreciated, if they would give altitude information about those points!

Peak 
Alt
 
P
D
EU
BROAD PEAK CENTRAL 
8011
c
181
2,26
B2
       
Kangchenjunga W-Peak
(Yalung Kang)		 
8505
c
135
1,59
C1
       
Kangchenjunga S-Peak 
8476
c
116
1,37
C2
Kangchenjunga C-Peak 
8473
c
63
0,74
C2
Lhotse C-Peak I 
8410
c
65
0,77
C2
Lhotse Shar 
8382
c
72
0,86
C2
       
K2 SW-Peak 
8580
c
30
0,35
D1
Everest NE-Peak 
8383
c
30
0,36
D1
Lhotse C-Peak II 
8372
c
37
0,44
D1
Everest W-Peak 
8296
c
30
0,36
D1
Lhotse N-Pinnacle I 
8275
c
35
0,42
D1
Lhotse N-Pinnacle II
c
8255
c
30
0,36
D1
Everest NE-Pinnacle I
c
8230
c
30
0,36
D1
Lhotse N-Pinnacle III
c
8230
c
30
0,36
D1
Everest NE-Pinnacle II
c
8180
c
30
0,37
D1
Kangchenjunga SE-Peak
c
8150
c
30
0,37
D1
K2 P. 8134 (SW-Ridge) 
8134
c
35
0,43
D1
Yalung Kang Shoulder 
8077
c
30
0,37
D1
Annapurna C-Peak 
8051
c
30
0,37
D1
Nanga Parbat S-Peak 
8042
c
30
0,37
D1
Annapurna E-Peak 
8013
c
43
0,54
D1
Shisha Pangma C-Peak 
8008
c
30
0,37
D1

First ascents information of the subsidiary peaks:

    *°  
BROAD PEAK CENTRAL 801128.07.1975  PolishKazimierz Głazek, Marek Kęsicki (†), Janusz Kuliś, Bohdan Nowaczyk (†), Andrzej Sikorski (†)
Kangchenjunga W-Peak(Yalung Kang) 850514.05.1973 yJapaneseYutaka Ageta, Takao Matsuda (†)
        
Kangchenjunga S-Peak 847619.05.1978 yPolishEugeniusz Chrobak, Wojciech Wróż
Kangchenjunga C-Peak 847322.05.1978 yPolishWojciech Brański, Andrzej Heinrich, Kazimierz Olech
Lhotse C-Peak I 841023.05.2001 yRussianAleksei Bolotov, Piotr Kuznetsov, Sergei Timofeev, Yevgeni Vinogradski
Lhotse Shar 838212.05.1970 yAustrianJosef Mayerl, Rolf Walter
        
K2 SW-Peak 858007.08.1981yyJapaneseEiho Ohtani, Nazir Sabir (Pak)
Everest NE-Peak 838306.08.1988 yBritishRussell Brice (NZ), Harry Taylor
Lhotse C-Peak II 8372    unclimbed
Everest W-Peak 829612.05.1979 ySlovenianDušan Podbevšek and Roman Robas
Lhotse N-Pinnacle I 8275    unclimbed
Lhotse N-Pinnacle IIc8255    unclimbed
Everest NE-Pinnacle Ic8230    unclimbed
Lhotse N-Pinnacle IIIc8230    unclimbed
Everest NE-Pinnacle IIc818017.05.1982  BritishPeter Boardman, Joe Tasker
Kangchenjunga SE-Peakc8150    unclimbed
K2 P. 8134 (SW-Ridge) 8134    unclimbed
Yalung Kang Shoulder 8077    unclimbed
Annapurna C-Peak 805103.10.1980  GermanUdo Bönning, Ludwig Greissl, Heinz Oberrauch
Nanga Parbat S-Peak 804217.08.1982  SwissUeli Bühler
Annapurna E-Peak 801329.07.1974  SpanishJosé Manuel Anglada, Emilion Civis, Jorge Pons
Shisha Pangma C-Peak 800810.10.1982  JapaneseMakato Hara, Hiro Komamiya, Hirofumi Konishi
* first climbed on route to the top!
° first climbed with bottled oxygen!


First ascents information of the subsidiary peaks without bottled oxygen:

    *°  
Kangchenjunga W-Peak(Yalung Kang) 850504.05.1980  MexicanHugo Saldaña (†)
        
Kangchenjunga S-Peak 847617.04.1989  RussianVladimir Karatayev, Mikhail Mozhaev
Kangchenjunga C-Peak 847301.05.1991  SlovenianUroš Rupar
Lhotse C-Peak I 8410    unclimbed without bottled oxygen
Lhotse Shar 838220.05.1984  SlovakZoltán Demján
        
K2 SW-Peak 858002.09.1993y UK/USAJonathan Pratt (UK), Daniel Mazur (USA)
Everest NE-Peak 8383    unclimbed without bottled oxygen
Everest W-Peakc8296    unclimbed without bottled oxygen