The Mother of All, the Mount Everest. Height: 8848 m First Step by: Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, 1953
K2 is also known as Savage Mountain and Mount Godwin-Austen is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is mostly climbed from the Pakistani side.
Height: 8,611 m
First Step: Achille Compagnoni, Lino Lacedelli 1954
Kanchenjunga, “The Five Treasures of Snows” is located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.
Height: 8,586 m
First Step: George Band, Joe Brown, 1955
Lhotse Peak is best known for its proximity to Mount Everest and the fact that climbers ascending the standard route on that peak spend some time on its northwest face.
Height: 8,516 m
First Step: Fritz Luchsinger, Ernst Reiss , 1956
Makalu has a four sided pyramid shape and it is the fifth highest peak of the world. Makalu was first climbed on May 15, 1955 by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy of a French expedition led by Jean Franco.
Height: 8485 m
First Step: Lionel Terray, Jean Couzy, 1955
Cho Oyu means “Turquoise Goddess” in Tibetan. The mountain is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalaya 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the Tibet-Nepal border.
Height: 8201 m
First Step: Herbert Tichy, Pasang Dawa Lama, Joseph Joechler, 1954
