The Flight between Chengdu & Lhasa and Lhasa to Kathmandu is one of the most exciting with 9 of the 14 Mountain Peaks over 8000m visible. Here is a glimpse of these super exciting flights !
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA) recognises eight-thousanders as the 14 mountains that are more than 8000 metres (26247 ft) in height above sea level and are considered to be sufficiently independent from neighbouring peaks
However, there is no precise definition of the criteria used to assess independence, and since 2012 the UIAA has been involved in a process to consider whether the list should be expanded to 20 mountains
All eight-thousanders are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia and their summits are in the death zone
The first person to summit all 14 eight-thousanders was Italian Reinhold Messner in 1986, who completed the feat without the aid of supplementary oxygen
In 2010, Spaniard Edurne Pasaban became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders, but with the aid of supplementary oxygen
In 2011 Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner became the first woman to summit all 14 eight-thousanders without the aid of supplementary oxygen
From 1950–1964 – all eight-thousanders were summited
As of May 2019, K2 remains the only eight-thousander not summited in a winter ascent
Proposed expansion
In 2012, to relieve capacity pressure and develop climbing tourism, Nepal lobbied the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (or UIAA) to reclassify five summits (two on Lhotse and three on Kanchenjunga), as standalone eight-thousanders, while Pakistan lobbied for a sixth summit (on Broad Peak) In 2012, the UIAA set up a project group to consider the proposals called the AGURA Project. The six proposed summits for reclassification are subsidiary-summits of existing eight-thousanders, but which are also themselves above 8,000 metres and have a prominence above 60 metres
| Mountain | First ascent | First winter ascent | From 1950 to March 2012 | Climber Death Rate |
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| Peak | Height | Prominence | Location | Date | Summiter(s) | Date | Summiter(s) | Total Ascents | Total Deaths | Deaths / Ascents | |
| Everest | 8,848 metres (29029 ft) | 8,848 metres (29029 ft) |  Nepal China |
29 May 1953 |  Edmund Hillary
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17 February 1980 |  Krzysztof Wielicki Leszek Cichy |
5656 | 223 | 3.9% | 1.52% |
| K2 | 8614 metres (28261 ft) | 4020 metres (13190 ft) |  Pakistan China |
31 July 1954 |  Achille Compagnoni Lino Lacedelli |
— | 306 | 81 | 26.5% | – | |
| Kangchenjunga | 8586 metres (28169 ft) | 3,922 metres (12,867 ft) | Nepal India |
25 May 1955 |  George Band Joe Brown |
11 January 1986 | Krzysztof Wielicki Jerzy Kukuczka |
283 | 40 | 14.1% | 3.00% |
| Lhotse | 8516 metres (27940 ft) | 610 metres (2,000 ft) | Nepal China |
18 May 1956 |  Fritz Luchsinger Ernst Reiss |
31 December 1988 | Krzysztof Wielicki |
461 | 13 | 2.8% | 1.03% |
| Makalu | 8485 metres (27838 ft) | 2378 metres (7802 ft) | Nepal China |
15 May 1955 |  Jean Couzy Lionel Terray |
9 February 2009 | Simone Moro Denis Urubko |
361 | 31 | 8.6% | 1.63% |
| Cho Oyu | 8188 metres (26864 ft) | 2344 metres (7690 ft) | Nepal China |
19 October 1954 |  Joseph Joechler Pasang Dawa Lama Herbert Tichy |
12 February 1985 | Maciej Berbeka Maciej Pawlikowski |
3138 | 44 | 1.4% | 0.64% |
| Dhaulagiri I | 8167 metres (26795 ft) | 3357 metres (11014 ft) | Nepal |
13 May 1960 | Kurt Diemberger Peter Diener Nawang Dorje Nima Dorje Ernst Forrer Albin Schelbert |
21 January 1985 | Andrzej Czok Jerzy Kukuczka |
448 | 69 | 15.4% | 2.94% |
| Manaslu | 8163 metres (26781 ft) | 3092 metres (10144 ft) | Nepal |
9 May 1956 |  Toshio Imanishi Gyalzen Norbu |
12 January 1984 | Maciej Berbeka Ryszard Gajewski |
661 | 65 | 9.8% | 2.77% |
| Nanga Parbat | 8125 metres (26657 ft) | 4608 metres (15118 ft) | Pakistan |
3 July 1953 | Hermann Buhl |
26 February 2016 | Muhammad Ali Sadpara Simone Moro Alex Txikon |
335 | 68 | 20.3% | – |
| Annapurna I | 8091 metres (26545 ft) | 2984 metres (9790 ft) | Nepal |
3 June 1950 | Maurice Herzog Louis Lachenal |
3 February 1987 | Jerzy Kukuczka Artur Hajzer |
191 | 61 | 31.9% | 4.05% |
| Gasherbrum I (Hidden Peak) |
8080 metres (26510 ft) | 2155 metres (7070 ft) | Pakistan China |
5 July 1958 |  Andrew Kauffman Pete Schoening |
9 March 2012 | Adam Bielecki Janusz Gołąb |
334 | 29 | 8.7% | – |
| Broad Peak | 8051 metres (26414 ft) | 1701 metres (5581 ft) | Pakistan China |
9 June 1957 | Fritz Wintersteller Marcus Schmuck Kurt Diemberger Hermann Buhl |
5 March 2013 | Maciej Berbeka Adam Bielecki Tomasz Kowalski Artur Małek |
404 | 21 | 5.2% | – |
| Gasherbrum II | 8035 metres (26362 ft) | 1524 metres (5000 ft) | Pakistan China |
7 July 1956 | Fritz Moravec Josef Larch Hans Willenpart |
2 February 2011 | Simone Moro Denis Urubko Cory Richards |
930 | 21 | 2.3% | – |
| Shishapangma | 8027 metres (26335 ft) | 2897 metres (9505 ft) | China |
2 May 1964 | Xu Jing Chang Chun-yen Wang Fuzhou Chen San Cheng Tien-liang Wu Tsung-yue Sodnam Doji Migmar Trashi Doji Yonten |
14 January 2005 | Piotr Morawski Simone Moro |
302 | 25 | 8.3% | |
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No. 1 – Everest
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No. 2 – K2
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No. 3 – Kangchenjunga
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No. 4 – Lhotse
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No. 5 – Makalu
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No. 6 – Cho Oyu
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No. 7 – Dhaulagiri
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No. 8 – Manaslu
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No. 9 – Nanga Parbat
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No. 10 – Annapurna
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No. 11 – Gasherbrum I
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No. 12 – Broad Peak
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No. 13 – Gasherbrum II
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No. 14 – Shishapangma
