Kristin Harila And Tenjin Sherpa climb all 14 8,000+ peaks in just 92 days
Kristin Harila, a Norwegian adventurer and Lama (Tenjin Sherpa) have successfully summitted K2, which is the 14th and final 8000m peak on their quest to climb all 14. On Thursday 27th of July 2023 the pair submitted K2 on the Chinese-Pakistani border in the Karakorum Range which is considered to be one of the most dangerous peaks to climb. With this amazing accomplishment, Kristin beats her own previous True Summit record of 1 year and 5 days which is one-fourth the time. The previous record-holder, Nirmal Purja, a Nepali-born British citizen, had scaled the 14 peaks in 189 days in 2019. Kristin Harila first attempted to break the record to summit all 14 8,000m peaks in 2022 but could only summitted 12 of them as Chinese authorities restricted access to foreign climbers during the coronavirus pandemic.“A big congratulations to Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa on this remarkable achievement,” said Haidri. “They successfully and safely completed the scaling of all of the 14 highest peaks in the shortest time. They did it in 92 days.
Here is their incredible schedule of summits:
Shishapangma, 8027m, China (Tibet), 26th of April 2023 (rank 14)
Cho Oyu, 8188m, Nepal-China (Tibet), 3rd of May 2023 (rank 6)
Makalu I, 8485m, Nepal, 13th of May 2023 (rank 5)
Kangchenjunga, 8586m, Nepal, 18th of May 2023 (rank 3)
Everest, 8848m, Nepal, 23rd of May 2023 (rank 1)
Lhotse, 8516m, Nepal, 23rd of May 2023 (rank 4)
Dhaulagiri I, 8167m, Nepal, 29th of May 2023 (rank 7)
Annapurna I, 8091m, Nepal, 5th of June 2023 (rank 10)
Manaslu , 8163m, Nepal, 10th of June 2023 (rank 8)
Nanga Parbat, 8125m, Pakistan, 26th June 2023 (rank 9)
Gasherbrum II, 8034m, Pakistan, 15th of July 2023 (rank 13)
Gasherbrum I, 8080m, Pakistan, 18th of July 2023 (rank 11)
Broad Peak, 8051m, Pakistan, 23rd of July 2023 (rank 12)
K2, 8611m, Pakistan, 27th of July 2023 (rank 2)