TOP FIVE MOUNTAINS
Everest, 8848 meters, located in Nepal/TibetFirst climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay | |||
K2, 8611 meters, located in Pakistan/China First climbed in 1954 by Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli | |||
Kangchenjunga, 8586 meters, located in Nepal/IndiaFirst climbed in 1955 by George Band, Joe Brown, Tony Streather, and Norman Hardie | |||
Lhotse, 8516 meters, located in Nepal/TibetFirst climbed in 1956 by Fritz Luchsinger and Ernest Reiss | |||
Makalu, 8463 meters, located in Nepal/TibetFirst climbed in 1955 by Jean Couzy, Lionel Terray, Jean Franco, Guido Magnone, Jean Bouvier, Serge Coupe, Pierre Leroux, Andre Vialatte, and Gyalzen Norbu | |||
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