July 30, 2010

Mountains

Rank	Peak Name	Feet	Meters
1.	Mount Everest	29,035	8850
2.	K2	28,251	8611
3.	Kanchenjunga	28,209	8598
4.	Lhotse	27,890	8501
5.	Makalu	27,825	8481
6.	Cho Oyu	26,906	8201
7.	Dhaulagiri	26,795	8167
8.	Manaslu	26,781	8163
9.	Nanga Parbat	26,657	8125
10.	Annapurna	26,545	8091
11.	Gasherbrum I	26,529	8086
12.	Broad Peak	26,401	8047
13.	Gasherbrum II	26,362	8035
14.	Shishapangma	26,335	8027

There are only 14 summits that rise above 8000 meters, every one of them projecting into the "death zone"(where all humans rapidly degrade and eventually die without supplemental oxygen).

Ten of the 8000 meter peaks are in the Himalaya, and nine (all but Nanga Parbat) are in Nepal, on its border, or very close. The other four are clustered closely in the Karakoram Range (technically not part of the Himalaya).

It is unlikely that all the heights given in the chart on the right are correct to the nearest metre or foot; indeed, problems of definition of sea level can arise when a mountain is remote from the sea. Different sources often differ by several metres, and the heights given on this page may differ from those on other lists.

The Seven Summits are the highest peaks on each continent.

The United States High Points is a list of the highest point in each state in the United States.

In the united states the most popular climbs are: