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2. Mount Gongga - Wikipedia

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   Mount Gongga Northwest Ridge Orthographic projection centred over Gongga Shan. Mount Gongga (simplified Chinese: 贡嘎山; traditional Chinese: 貢嘎山; pinyin: Gònggá Shān), also known as Minya Konka (Khams Tibetan: མི་ཉག་གངས་དཀར་རི་བོ་, Khams Tibetan pinyin: Mi'nyâg Gong'ga Riwo) and colloquially as "The King of Sichuan Mountains", is the ...

3. List of deaths on eight-thousanders - Wikipedia

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   While its summit is at a lower altitude than the summit of Mount Everest, it is considered a much harder mountain to climb due to its steep faces and extreme weather. The most deadly events on K2 were the 1986 K2 disaster, 1995 K2 disaster, and 2008 K2 disaster. As of August 2023, an estimated 800 people had completed a summit, and 96 had died ...

4. List of mountain peaks by prominence - Wikipedia

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   The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col . For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence , key col , and parent , see topographic prominence .

5. British climber and guide fall to deaths while climbing Mount ...

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   A British climber and her guide have fallen to their deaths after slipping on ice while descending Mount Kenya. The woman, named as Shilpa Shah by members of Kenya's climbing community, died after ...

6. Um Hong-gil - Wikipedia

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   He tried to climb Mount Everest in September 2005, but failed. [2] He tried again three years later and his attempt was successful. He also climbed Kangchenjunga. Um Hong-gil has reached the summit of all 14 eight-thousand-meter peaks in the world and is the first person to climb the 16 highest points on Earth. [3]

7. Liu Lianman - Wikipedia

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   Liu was born in Ninghe County, Hebei (now part of Tianjin) in 1933.He was selected to the Chinese Mountaineering Team in 1955. While training in the Soviet Union, he reached the summit of Mount Elbrus and Muztagh Ata (making the first ascent in the world) in 1956. [1]