LISTS OF ASCENTS: Everest, K2, other 8000m, and UK summits


7 April 2009. The files previously downloadable from this page, and many more, are now downloadable from a new website edited directly by their author. The previous links on this page have been replaced by external links. The previous version of this page can be downloaded from here, but 2008 and subsequent data are not included in its linked lists, and they will not be updated.


The High Asia lists were compiled and copyrighted by Eberhard Jurgalski (interview, in German) and Xavier Eguskitza, with courtesy of the Himalayan Database. The lists were first uploaded on 31 March 2007 and last updated on 31 December 2008. Unless labelled "provisional" or otherwise stated, these lists are complete and up to date to the best of the authors' knowledge. Comments about these lists are welcome and should be addressed to e.jurgalski at t-online.de.

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  • Everest A link to up to date lists and tables of Everest ascents, including a complete, up to date list of more than 4000 ascents and a list of more than 200 fatalities.
  • K2 A link to up to date lists and tables of ascents of K2, the world's second highest mountain. As of the end of 2008 there have been 302 ascents and 77 fatalities.
  • See here for more lists and tables of ascents of mountains higher than 8000 metres.
  • For a brief history of High Asian Chronicles, see here.



    See also:

  • Computer generated Everest summit panoramas: North South External link to 360° photo-panorama
  • Lists of Mountains
  • Seven Summits. Information about climbing, and those who have climbed, to the highest points of the world's seven continents.
  • Munro. Ascents of the 283 separate 3000ft+ mountains of Scotland have been completed by more than 4,000 climbers. Click here for a complete list. The author of the Viewfinder Panoramas site became the 786th in 1990.
  • Marilyn. There are 1,554 hills in Great Britain with a relative height of at least 150 metres. Click here for a list of 183 climbers who have climbed more than 600 (2007 data). The author of the Viewfinder Panoramas site has climbed 331 Marilyns (10 May 2009 count), and about 80 of the 120 summits in Britain/Ireland with a relative height of at least 600 metres.

    Viewfinder Panoramas Home Page