Last updated September 4, 2026
Every Climber Who Summited All 14 Eight-Thousanders
There are two useful answers to “who has climbed all 14?” Global Summit Guide preserves a 77-name broad historical roster through 2025, while the stricter 8000ers.com New Era table contains 39 climbers whose completions meet its modern true-summit standard. This page shows both instead of pretending they are the same record.
77 Names in the Historical Roster. 39 in the Strict True-Summit Table.
Reinhold Messner became the first broadly recognized climber to complete all 14 in 1986, and he did so without supplementary oxygen. That remains the foundational historical record.
Modern summit-location research changed a different question: who has stood on the actual highest point of all 14 mountains? Guinness adopted the updated 8000ers.com standard in 2023 and reset affected record categories. Under that system, Ed Viesturs is the first true-summit all-14 finisher, while Dong Hong-Juan is the first woman.
The April 13, 2026 8000ers.com compilation lists 39 New Era finishers, 15 women, eight 2025 finishers and 42 correction ascents. Historical and strict records are both worth preserving—as long as the label is visible.
The All-14 Record Holders
The same climber can hold a legacy record, a strict true-summit record, an oxygen-style record or a speed record. These are not interchangeable.
October 16, 1986 · all 14 without supplementary oxygen.
Completed in 2005; Guinness reset this category after adopting the true-summit framework.
May 17, 2010.
April 26, 2023 under the modern reclassification.
92 days · April 26 to July 27, 2023.
2 years 150 days · completed October 4, 2024.
Completed August 23, 2011 on K2.
Manaslu correction in September 2025 completed the strict cycle.
Finished on Shishapangma in October 2024 at age 18.
Second round completed on Gasherbrum II in July 2022.
Six Climbers Who Changed the 14-Peak Challenge
The roster is the reference tool. These portraits show the people behind the milestones that changed how the collection is understood.
Reinhold Messner
Messner created the original all-14 benchmark when he finished on Lhotse in 1986. He completed the collection without supplementary oxygen, making the first completion and the first legacy no-O₂ completion the same historical achievement.
Photo: Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Edurne Pasaban
Pasaban completed the 14 on Shishapangma in May 2010 and became the first woman broadly recognized with the full collection after the dispute surrounding Oh Eun-sun’s Kangchenjunga claim.
Photo: Juantxo Egaña · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Kaltenbrunner finished on K2 in 2011 and became the first woman in the legacy record to complete all 14 without supplementary oxygen. Modern true-summit rules are a separate category.
Photo: Franz Johann Morgenbesser · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Nirmal “Nimsdai” Purja
Purja compressed the public idea of the challenge to six months and six days in 2019. He later completed a true-summit no-O₂ cycle in 2 years 150 days, creating a distinct strict record. He died in the July 30, 2026 Broad Peak avalanche.
Photo: Thaneswar Guragai · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Kristin Harila
Harila and Tenjen Lama Sherpa climbed all 14 true summits in 92 days. The record belongs to both climbers; describing it as Harila’s solo achievement erases the partner who completed every mountain with her.
Photo: Iamthanes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Nima Rinji Sherpa
Nima Rinji finished his 14-peak project on Shishapangma in October 2024 at age 18. The summit photograph used here was taken on the day of his final 8,000-metre ascent.
Photo: Thanes977 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
How the All-14 Record Changed
The history is easier to understand as a sequence of changing milestones rather than one permanent leaderboard.
Messner establishes the historical benchmark
First broadly recognized completion of all 14; no supplementary oxygen.
Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second
His collection is remembered for winter ascents and new routes; oxygen use on Everest keeps him out of the all-14 no-O₂ category.
Ed Viesturs completes the collection
Years later, the true-summit reclassification makes Viesturs the first recognized strict true-summit all-14 finisher. He also climbed without supplementary oxygen.
Edurne Pasaban becomes the first broadly recognized woman
Her finish ends the public race after Oh Eun-sun’s Kangchenjunga claim is disputed.
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner completes the legacy no-O₂ women’s record
K2 is her fourteenth 8,000er.
Nirmal Purja finishes the 14 in six months and six days
The project changes expectations around speed, logistics and coordinated expedition support.
Sanu Sherpa completes a second broad historical round
Gasherbrum II completes the first broadly reported double of the classic 14.
True-summit records are formally reset
Guinness adopts the updated summit-location framework: Viesturs becomes the first strict finisher, Dong Hong-Juan the first strict woman, and Harila with Tenjen sets a 92-day true-summit speed record.
Nima Rinji finishes at 18; Purja completes strict no-O₂ cycle
October becomes one of the most consequential months in recent all-14 history.
He Jing corrects Manaslu
8000ers.com records her completion of all 14 true summits without supplementary oxygen; its strict New Era total reaches 39.
The record history gains a tragic final chapter for Nirmal Purja
Purja dies in the July 30 Broad Peak avalanche. His records remain part of the chronology.
Search the Complete 77-Name Roster
This table preserves the broader historical record. Inclusion here does not automatically mean the climber is one of the 39 finishers in the strict 8000ers.com New Era table.
Showing 77 of 77 broad historical roster entries.
| # | Climber | Nationality | Completion period | Year | Oxygen classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reinhold MessnerFirst broadly recognized completer; all 14 without supplementary oxygen | Italian | 1970–1986 | 1986 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 2 | Jerzy KukuczkaSecond overall; new routes and winter ascents | Polish | 1979–1987 | 1987 | O₂ on Everest only |
| 3 | Erhard Loretan | Swiss | 1982–1995 | 1995 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 4 | Carlos Carsolio | Mexican | 1985–1996 | 1996 | Mixed / broad record |
| 5 | Krzysztof Wielicki | Polish | 1980–1996 | 1996 | Mixed / broad record |
| 6 | Juanito Oiarzabal | Spanish | 1985–1999 | 1999 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 7 | Sergio Martini | Italian | 1983–2000 | 2000 | Mixed / broad record |
| 8 | Park Young-seok | South Korean | 1993–2001 | 2001 | Mixed / broad record |
| 9 | Um Hong-gil | South Korean | 1988–2001 | 2001 | Mixed / broad record |
| 10 | Alberto Iñurrategi | Spanish | 1991–2002 | 2002 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 11 | Han Wang-yong | South Korean | 1994–2003 | 2003 | Mixed / broad record |
| 12 | Ed ViestursFirst true-summit completion under modern Guinness/8000ers reclassification | American | 1989–2005 | 2005 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 13 | Silvio Mondinelli | Italian | 1993–2007 | 2007 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 14 | Iván Vallejo | Ecuadorian | 1997–2008 | 2008 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 15 | Denis UrubkoConfirmed in 2026 by 8000ers.com as a true-summit legacy-era finisher | Kazakhstani | 2000–2009 | 2009 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 16 | Ralf Dujmovits | German | 1990–2009 | 2009 | Mixed / broad record |
| 17 | Veikka Gustafsson | Finnish | 1993–2009 | 2009 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 18 | Andrew Lock | Australian | 1993–2009 | 2009 | Mixed / broad record |
| 19 | João Garcia | Portuguese | 1993–2010 | 2010 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 20 | Piotr Pustelnik | Polish | 1990–2010 | 2010 | Mixed / broad record |
| 21 | Edurne PasabanFirst broadly recognized woman | Spanish | 2001–2010 | 2010 | O₂ on Everest; other peaks without |
| 22 | Abele Blanc | Italian | 1992–2011 | 2011 | Mixed / broad record |
| 23 | Mingma Sherpa | Nepali | 2000–2011 | 2011 | Mixed / broad record |
| 24 | Gerlinde KaltenbrunnerFirst woman in the legacy category to complete all 14 without O₂ | Austrian | 1998–2011 | 2011 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 25 | Vassily Pivtsov | Kazakhstani | 2001–2011 | 2011 | Mixed / broad record |
| 26 | Maxut Zhumayev | Kazakhstani | 2001–2011 | 2011 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 27 | Kim Jae-soo | South Korean | 2000–2011 | 2011 | Mixed / broad record |
| 28 | Mario Panzeri | Italian | 1988–2012 | 2012 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 29 | Hirotaka Takeuchi | Japanese | 1995–2012 | 2012 | Mixed / broad record |
| 30 | Chhang Dawa Sherpa | Nepali | 2001–2013 | 2013 | Mixed / broad record |
| 31 | Kim Chang-hoFormer fastest no-O₂ completion | South Korean | 2005–2013 | 2013 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 32 | Jorge Egocheaga | Spanish | 2002–2014 | 2014 | Mixed / broad record |
| 33 | Radek Jaroš | Czech | 1998–2014 | 2014 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 34 | Nives MeroiCompleted with Romano Benet | Italian | 1998–2017 | 2017 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 35 | Romano BenetCompleted with Nives Meroi | Italian / Slovenian | 1998–2017 | 2017 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 36 | Peter Hámor | Slovak | 1998–2017 | 2017 | Mixed / broad record |
| 37 | Azim Gheychisaz | Iranian | 2008–2017 | 2017 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 38 | Ferran Latorre | Spanish | 1999–2017 | 2017 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 39 | Òscar Cadiach | Spanish | 1984–2017 | 2017 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 40 | Kim Mi-gon | South Korean | 2000–2018 | 2018 | Mixed / broad record |
| 41 | Sanu SherpaFirst person broadly reported to complete all 14 twice; second round completed in 2022 | Nepali | 2006–2019 | 2019 | Mixed / broad record |
| 42 | Nirmal Purja2019 six-month project; 2024 strict no-O₂ speed record | Nepali / British | 2014–2019 | 2019 | O₂ in 2019; no-O₂ true-summit cycle in 2024 |
| 43 | Mingma Gyabu Sherpa | Nepali | 2010–2019 | 2019 | Mixed / broad record |
| 44 | Kim Hong-binFirst disabled climber broadly recognized with all 14 | South Korean | 2006–2021 | 2021 | Mixed / broad record |
| 45 | Nima Gyalzen Sherpa | Nepali | 2004–2022 | 2022 | Mixed / broad record |
| 46 | Dong Hong-JuanFirst woman recognized by Guinness under the modern true-summit standard | Chinese | 2013–2023 | 2023 | Mixed / broad record |
| 47 | Kristin Harila92-day true-summit record with Tenjen Lama Sherpa | Norwegian | 2021–2023 | 2023 | Supplementary oxygen used |
| 48 | Sophie Lavaud | Swiss / French / Canadian | 2012–2023 | 2023 | Mixed / broad record |
| 49 | Tunç Fındık | Turkish | 2001–2023 | 2023 | Mixed / broad record |
| 50 | Tenjen Lama Sherpa92-day true-summit record with Kristin Harila | Nepali | 2016–2023 | 2023 | Supplementary oxygen used |
| 51 | Gelje Sherpa | Nepali | 2017–2023 | 2023 | Mixed / broad record |
| 52 | Chris Warner | American | 1999–2023 | 2023 | Mixed / broad record |
| 53 | Marco Camandona | Italian | 2000–2024 | 2024 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 54 | Naoki Ishikawa | Japanese | 2001–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 55 | Tracee Metcalfe | American | 2016–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 56 | Sirbaz Khan | Pakistani | 2017–2024 | 2024 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 57 | Dawa Gyalje Sherpa | Nepali | Unknown–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 58 | Mingma Gyalje Sherpa | Nepali | Unknown–2024 | 2024 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 59 | Mario Vielmo | Italian | 1998–2024 | 2024 | No O₂ on all 14 |
| 60 | Naoko WatanabeFirst Japanese woman broadly recognized with all 14 | Japanese | 2006–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 61 | Adrian Laza | Romanian | 2016–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 62 | Pasang Nurbu Sherpa | Nepali | 2016–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 63 | Shehroze Kashif | Pakistani | 2019–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 64 | Dorota Rasińska-Samoćko | Polish | 2021–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 65 | Adriana BrownleeYoungest woman in broad-list recognition when completed | British | 2021–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 66 | Nima Rinji SherpaYoungest broad-list completer; finished at age 18 | Nepali | 2022–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 67 | Alasdair McKenzie | French / British | 2022–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 68 | Alina PekovaGuinness youngest woman record under its published category | Russian / UAE | 2023–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 69 | Ko-Erh “Grace” Tseng | Taiwanese | Unknown–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 70 | Mingtemba Sherpa | Nepali | 2013–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 71 | Tejan Gurung | Nepali / British | 2022–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 72 | Pasang Tendi | Nepali | 2011–2024 | 2024 | Mixed / broad record |
| 73 | Uta Ibrahimi | Kosovar | 2017–2025 | 2025 | Mixed / broad record |
| 74 | Saško Kedev | Macedonian | 2009–2025 | 2025 | Mixed / broad record |
| 75 | Afsane Hesamifard | Iranian | 2021–2025 | 2025 | Mixed / broad record |
| 76 | Chhiring Sherpa | Nepali | Unknown–2025 | 2025 | Mixed / broad record |
| 77 | Nikol KovalchukListed in the 2026 8000ers.com New Era table | American / Russian | 2023–2025 | 2025 | Mixed / broad record |
“Summited All 14” Can Mean Two Different Historical Things.
A climber can remain a legitimate historical all-14 finisher while not satisfying the later true-summit standard on one or more peaks. The solution is not to erase the old record; it is to state which record system is being used.
What Changed With “True Summits”?
Modern researchers can compare GPS tracks, high-resolution photography, route positions, terrain models and historical expedition evidence at a level that was impossible for many early ascents.
The Standard Used in the Climber’s Era
Early records were accepted with the maps, route descriptions, witness accounts and summit knowledge available at the time. That historical recognition still matters when discussing pioneers and chronology.
The Actual Highest Point
The modern standard asks whether the climber reached the highest geographical point of the mountain. This matters on peaks where a fore-summit, subsidiary top or broad summit ridge was historically mistaken for the highest point.
Returning Can Change the Category
8000ers.com reported 42 correction ascents in its 2025 compilation. A climber can return to a mountain, reach the verified high point and enter the strict New Era record.
39 Finishers · 15 Women
The April 13, 2026 review recorded eight 2025 finishers, four of them women. It also added Denis Urubko to the verified true-summit history after additional research.
All 14 Without Supplementary Oxygen
No-O₂ status should always be paired with the summit-verification standard. A historical no-O₂ completion and a strict true-summit no-O₂ completion are not automatically the same category.
Reinhold Messner
Messner completed all 14 without supplementary oxygen by 1986, establishing the foundational no-O₂ collection record.
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
Guinness’ archived legacy record credits Kaltenbrunner as the first woman to complete all 14 without supplementary oxygen, finishing on K2 in August 2011.
Nirmal Purja · 2 Years 150 Days
Guinness records Purja’s true-summit/no-O₂ cycle from Kangchenjunga on May 7, 2022 to Shishapangma on October 4, 2024.
He Jing · 2025
He Jing returned to Manaslu and reached its verified true summit in September 2025. 8000ers.com records the correction as completing all 14 true summits without supplementary oxygen.
His Death Changed the Chronology, Not the Records
Purja died after an avalanche struck his Broad Peak expedition on July 30, 2026. Elite Exped confirmed his death on August 1; his body was later recovered from the mountain.
Purja’s place in the all-14 history comes from more than one cycle. His 2019 Project Possible run completed the 14 in six months and six days under the record standard then in use and brought the challenge to a much larger public audience. Later summit verification created different strict categories, and Purja responded with correction climbs and a separate no-supplementary-oxygen true-summit cycle.
Guinness now lists that strict no-O₂ cycle at 2 years 150 days, completed on Shishapangma on October 4, 2024. Guinness also recorded 49 true-summit ascents of 8,000ers by Purja through September 25, 2025.
Where the Counts & Records Come From
8000ers.com 2025 Tables Review
The April 13, 2026 update reports 39 New Era finishers, 15 women, eight 2025 finishers and 42 correction ascents.
Open 8000ers.com →Guinness Reclassification
Guinness explains why it reset affected 8,000er record categories and recognizes Viesturs and Dong Hong-Juan as the first male and female true-summit finishers.
Open reclassification →Harila + Tenjen · 92 Days
Guinness lists the 2023 true-summit record as a joint achievement by Kristin Harila and Tenjen Lama Sherpa.
Open record →Nirmal Purja · 2 Years 150 Days
Guinness records the true-summit/no-O₂ cycle ending October 4, 2024.
Open record →Sanu Sherpa
Associated Press and Reuters reported Sanu as the first climber to complete all 14 twice when he finished his second Gasherbrum II ascent in July 2022.
Open Sanu record →He Jing
8000ers.com confirms her Manaslu correction completed all 14 true summits without supplementary oxygen; Seven Summit Treks describes it as the first verified women’s completion of that category.
Open 8000ers.com →The Mountains, Difficulty & Risk
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How many people have climbed all 14 eight-thousanders?
Global Summit Guide preserves a 77-name broad historical roster through 2025. The stricter 8000ers.com New Era true-summit table contains 39 finishers in its April 13, 2026 compilation. The two totals use different recognition standards.
Who was the first person to climb all 14?
Reinhold Messner became the first broadly recognized climber to complete all 14 on October 16, 1986, and completed them without supplementary oxygen. Under the later true-summit reclassification adopted by Guinness, Ed Viesturs is recognized as the first true-summit finisher, completing the collection in 2005.
Who was the first woman to complete all 14?
Edurne Pasaban became the first broadly recognized woman in 2010. Under the modern true-summit reclassification, Guinness recognizes Dong Hong-Juan of China as the first woman to complete all 14 true summits, finishing in 2023.
Who completed all 14 fastest?
Kristin Harila and Tenjen Lama Sherpa completed all 14 true summits in 92 days in 2023. Guinness treats the achievement as a joint record.
Who holds the fastest no-oxygen true-summit record?
Nirmal Purja completed a no-supplementary-oxygen true-summit cycle in 2 years and 150 days, finishing on October 4, 2024.
Who was the first woman to complete all 14 true summits without oxygen?
He Jing of China completed the strict category after returning to Manaslu and reaching its true summit in September 2025.
Who is the youngest person to complete all 14?
Nima Rinji Sherpa finished the collection on Shishapangma in October 2024 at age 18, becoming the youngest broadly recognized all-14 completer.
Who was the first person to climb all 14 twice?
Sanu Sherpa was broadly reported as the first, completing his second round on Gasherbrum II in July 2022. Later strict true-summit verification creates separate record categories for repeat cycles.
Why do lists disagree?
Older expeditions were judged using the summit knowledge and evidence available at the time. Modern researchers can compare GPS, photography and terrain models and may conclude that an earlier climber stopped at a fore-summit or subsidiary point. That produces separate broad historical and strict true-summit lists.
What happened to Nirmal Purja in 2026?
Purja died after an avalanche struck his Broad Peak expedition on July 30, 2026. His death was confirmed on August 1 and his body was later recovered. His all-14 records remain part of mountaineering history.
The Names Matter. So Do the Rules Behind the Names.
Use the 77-name table when the question is broad mountaineering history. Use the 39-person New Era count when the question is modern true-summit verification. Then label oxygen, speed and repeat-cycle records separately. That preserves the pioneers without pretending later summit research never happened.
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