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![]() > Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Nives Meroi > Oh Eun-sun's sprint > Reinhold Messner: the first man to achieve the feat dimarts, 27 d'octubre de 2009
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres high in the world. Ten are in the Himalayan mountain range and four are in the Karakoram range.
The highest mountain is Everest (8,848m), followed by K2 (8,611m) which is just as difficult, if not more difficult, to climb. The 14th highest is Shishapangma (8,013 m), which is located in Tibet. Reaching the top of any of these mountains is difficult and something that is only within the reach of highly experienced mountaineers; to climb them all is a huge achievement and an extraordinary accomplishment. Until now, it has only been done by eighteen people, all of them men. However, four women now have a good chance of adding their names to that select list: the South Korean Oh Eun-sun, the Basque Edurne Pasaban, the Austrian Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and the Italian Nives Meroi. The big question is: who will be the first? Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Nives MeroiAt the beginning of 2009, Edurne Pasaban, Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner and Nives Meroi had all climbed 11 of the world's 14 highest mountains. On 18 May Pasaban climbed Kangchenjunga, making her the first woman to have climbed 12 eight-thousanders. Just two days later, on 20 May, her accomplishment was equalled by Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, who reached the top of Lhotse. Earlier this month (October), Pasaban had tried to climb another eight-thousander, Shishapangma, but strong winds in the area prevented her from reaching the summit. She is going to try again next year, when she will also try to climb Annapurna, another eight-thousander she has yet to climb.
Oh Eun-sun's sprintIn 2006, Oh Eun-sun had climbed three eight-thousanders. However, she has since climbed ten more (four this year, 2009). She only has one more eight-thousander to climb: Annapurna. Earlier this month she tried to climb it, but did not reach the summit. Oh Eun-sun has considerable logistical back-up: she travels by helicopter to the base camp and her ropes are all prepared before she reaches the mountain. It has been suggested that this may point to an excess of competitiveness that is contrary to the essential spirit of mountaineering.
Reinhold Messner: the first man to achieve the featOn 16 October 1986, the Tyrolean mountaineer Reinhold Messner became the first man to conquer all fourteen summits above 8,000 metres. Messner's feat is even more impressive on account of the fact that he climbed them all without oxygen. Eight years earlier, in 1978, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler had been the first to climb Everest without oxygen. Messner repeated the feat in 1980, that time on his own: something that had never been done before.
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> Dones que han atès quatre 'vuit mils' o més.
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> Nives Meroi, any 2003: tres pics del Karakoram en vint dies.
![](http://www.vilaweb.cat/media/imatges/diariescola/imatges/2009/10/8000/segarra_petit.gif)
> Araceli Segarra, la primera catalana de fer l'Everest.
I també...
- Fotografies dels catorze grans.
- El mal temps que fa a l'Himàlaia frustra unes quantes expedicions.
- Sobre els xerpes.
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