AscentIndex

Every climber · every summit · every attempt · every death

A reference to the people of the fourteen eight-thousanders, with the source for every fact.

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The Bottleneck · K2about 8,200 m

The narrow couloir beneath the summit seracs, one of the most dangerous places on any mountain.

K2, the second-highest mountain on earth

What it is

A page for each climber who stood on or died on an eight-thousander: who they were, where they came from, what they climbed.

Every summit and attempt on the fourteen peaks, with dates, routes, oxygen and teams, set out so you can check it.

Every fact carries its source. Where sources disagree, we say so, and corrections are welcome.

The mountains are the same for everyone. We are keeping the record of who went.