Comments on: The Quick 14: The 14 Eight-Thousanders

By: Rufus T. Harlemberry

Rufus T. Harlemberry — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:08:13 +0000

I’ve climbed all 15 of these. Thanks.

By: Crispin

Crispin — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:01:10 +0000

Does anyone have a problem with the fact that most of the borders say “China” when they should say “Tibet”? Numbers 1,4,5,6 and 14 would be more accurately placed in Tibet. I know this isn’t a political forum but if one of those mountains was in Taiwan we wouldn’t call it China.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:11:58 +0000

All in Asia, huh. That was a BIG crash when the Indian land mass hit the northern hemisphere!

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:26:02 +0000

Huh. I thought that Kilimanjaro was one of the Eight Thousanders!

K2 was the mountain Greg Mortenson was climbing when he became inspired to build girls’ schools in Pakistan. How’s that for a random fact? Yup. Three Cups of Tea, his autobiographical book, is excellent and I highly recommend it. :D

By: Stacy Conradt

Stacy Conradt — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:35:10 +0000

It’s the second peak of the Karakoram Range, thus K2. K1, K3, K4 and K5 also used to exist but ended up being renamed Masherbrum, Broad Peak, Gasherbrum II and Gasherbrum I respectively… the latter three are on the eight-thousander list.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:33:37 +0000

Typo Alert!

The 10 Eight-Thousanders

By: Ira

Ira — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:31:18 +0000

Why is K2 called K2? Does it stand for anything, perhaps two long and unpronounceable K words?