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    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.

    Search the 77-Name RosterSee the Record Holders
    39 strict finishers verified Apr. 202615 women in strict table92-day record kept jointlegacy and true-summit records separated
    77broad historical roster
    39strict New Era finishers
    15women in strict table
    92 daysfastest true-summit cycle
    1986Messner completed the 14
    By Travis Ludlow · Global Summit Guide
    Strict table checked September 3, 2026 · 8000ers.com update dated April 13, 2026
    The direct answer

    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.

    First broadMessner · 1986
    First strict true summitViesturs · 2005
    First broad womanPasaban · 2010
    First strict womanDong · 2023
    Fastest true summitHarila + Tenjen · 92d
    Fastest strict no-O₂Purja · 2y 150d
    Why the numbers differ: many earlier climbers were credited under the maps, photographs and summit knowledge available in their era. Later terrain analysis identified several mountains where a historically accepted summit point was not the true highest point. A correction climb can move a climber from a legacy record into the strict true-summit table.
    Records need category labels

    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.

    First broad historical completionReinhold Messner

    October 16, 1986 · all 14 without supplementary oxygen.

    First modern true-summit completionEd Viesturs

    Completed in 2005; Guinness reset this category after adopting the true-summit framework.

    First broadly recognized womanEdurne Pasaban

    May 17, 2010.

    First woman · strict true summitsDong Hong-Juan

    April 26, 2023 under the modern reclassification.

    Fastest true-summit cycleKristin Harila + Tenjen Lama Sherpa

    92 days · April 26 to July 27, 2023.

    Fastest true-summit cycle · no O₂Nirmal Purja

    2 years 150 days · completed October 4, 2024.

    First woman · legacy no O₂Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner

    Completed August 23, 2011 on K2.

    First woman · 14 true summits · no O₂He Jing

    Manaslu correction in September 2025 completed the strict cycle.

    Youngest broad-list completerNima Rinji Sherpa

    Finished on Shishapangma in October 2024 at age 18.

    First broadly reported doubleSanu Sherpa

    Second round completed on Gasherbrum II in July 2022.

    The people behind the record

    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 portrait
    1986 · first broad completion

    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 portrait
    2010 · first broadly recognized woman

    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 portrait
    2011 · legacy no-O₂ milestone

    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 Purja portrait
    2019 / 2024 · speed changed scale

    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 during her 2023 eight-thousander project
    2023 · 92-day joint record

    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 on Shishapangma in October 2024
    2024 · youngest completer

    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

    1986 → 2026

    How the All-14 Record Changed

    The history is easier to understand as a sequence of changing milestones rather than one permanent leaderboard.

    1986

    Messner establishes the historical benchmark

    First broadly recognized completion of all 14; no supplementary oxygen.

    1987

    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.

    2005

    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.

    2010

    Edurne Pasaban becomes the first broadly recognized woman

    Her finish ends the public race after Oh Eun-sun’s Kangchenjunga claim is disputed.

    2011

    Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner completes the legacy no-O₂ women’s record

    K2 is her fourteenth 8,000er.

    2019

    Nirmal Purja finishes the 14 in six months and six days

    The project changes expectations around speed, logistics and coordinated expedition support.

    2022

    Sanu Sherpa completes a second broad historical round

    Gasherbrum II completes the first broadly reported double of the classic 14.

    2023

    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.

    2024

    Nima Rinji finishes at 18; Purja completes strict no-O₂ cycle

    October becomes one of the most consequential months in recent all-14 history.

    2025

    He Jing corrects Manaslu

    8000ers.com records her completion of all 14 true summits without supplementary oxygen; its strict New Era total reaches 39.

    2026

    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.

    Broad historical record

    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.

    #ClimberNationalityCompletion periodYearOxygen classification
    1Reinhold MessnerFirst broadly recognized completer; all 14 without supplementary oxygenItalian1970–19861986No O₂ on all 14
    2Jerzy KukuczkaSecond overall; new routes and winter ascentsPolish1979–19871987O₂ on Everest only
    3Erhard LoretanSwiss1982–19951995No O₂ on all 14
    4Carlos CarsolioMexican1985–19961996Mixed / broad record
    5Krzysztof WielickiPolish1980–19961996Mixed / broad record
    6Juanito OiarzabalSpanish1985–19991999No O₂ on all 14
    7Sergio MartiniItalian1983–20002000Mixed / broad record
    8Park Young-seokSouth Korean1993–20012001Mixed / broad record
    9Um Hong-gilSouth Korean1988–20012001Mixed / broad record
    10Alberto IñurrategiSpanish1991–20022002No O₂ on all 14
    11Han Wang-yongSouth Korean1994–20032003Mixed / broad record
    12Ed ViestursFirst true-summit completion under modern Guinness/8000ers reclassificationAmerican1989–20052005No O₂ on all 14
    13Silvio MondinelliItalian1993–20072007No O₂ on all 14
    14Iván VallejoEcuadorian1997–20082008No O₂ on all 14
    15Denis UrubkoConfirmed in 2026 by 8000ers.com as a true-summit legacy-era finisherKazakhstani2000–20092009No O₂ on all 14
    16Ralf DujmovitsGerman1990–20092009Mixed / broad record
    17Veikka GustafssonFinnish1993–20092009No O₂ on all 14
    18Andrew LockAustralian1993–20092009Mixed / broad record
    19João GarciaPortuguese1993–20102010No O₂ on all 14
    20Piotr PustelnikPolish1990–20102010Mixed / broad record
    21Edurne PasabanFirst broadly recognized womanSpanish2001–20102010O₂ on Everest; other peaks without
    22Abele BlancItalian1992–20112011Mixed / broad record
    23Mingma SherpaNepali2000–20112011Mixed / broad record
    24Gerlinde KaltenbrunnerFirst woman in the legacy category to complete all 14 without O₂Austrian1998–20112011No O₂ on all 14
    25Vassily PivtsovKazakhstani2001–20112011Mixed / broad record
    26Maxut ZhumayevKazakhstani2001–20112011No O₂ on all 14
    27Kim Jae-sooSouth Korean2000–20112011Mixed / broad record
    28Mario PanzeriItalian1988–20122012No O₂ on all 14
    29Hirotaka TakeuchiJapanese1995–20122012Mixed / broad record
    30Chhang Dawa SherpaNepali2001–20132013Mixed / broad record
    31Kim Chang-hoFormer fastest no-O₂ completionSouth Korean2005–20132013No O₂ on all 14
    32Jorge EgocheagaSpanish2002–20142014Mixed / broad record
    33Radek JarošCzech1998–20142014No O₂ on all 14
    34Nives MeroiCompleted with Romano BenetItalian1998–20172017No O₂ on all 14
    35Romano BenetCompleted with Nives MeroiItalian / Slovenian1998–20172017No O₂ on all 14
    36Peter HámorSlovak1998–20172017Mixed / broad record
    37Azim GheychisazIranian2008–20172017No O₂ on all 14
    38Ferran LatorreSpanish1999–20172017No O₂ on all 14
    39Òscar CadiachSpanish1984–20172017No O₂ on all 14
    40Kim Mi-gonSouth Korean2000–20182018Mixed / broad record
    41Sanu SherpaFirst person broadly reported to complete all 14 twice; second round completed in 2022Nepali2006–20192019Mixed / broad record
    42Nirmal Purja2019 six-month project; 2024 strict no-O₂ speed recordNepali / British2014–20192019O₂ in 2019; no-O₂ true-summit cycle in 2024
    43Mingma Gyabu SherpaNepali2010–20192019Mixed / broad record
    44Kim Hong-binFirst disabled climber broadly recognized with all 14South Korean2006–20212021Mixed / broad record
    45Nima Gyalzen SherpaNepali2004–20222022Mixed / broad record
    46Dong Hong-JuanFirst woman recognized by Guinness under the modern true-summit standardChinese2013–20232023Mixed / broad record
    47Kristin Harila92-day true-summit record with Tenjen Lama SherpaNorwegian2021–20232023Supplementary oxygen used
    48Sophie LavaudSwiss / French / Canadian2012–20232023Mixed / broad record
    49Tunç FındıkTurkish2001–20232023Mixed / broad record
    50Tenjen Lama Sherpa92-day true-summit record with Kristin HarilaNepali2016–20232023Supplementary oxygen used
    51Gelje SherpaNepali2017–20232023Mixed / broad record
    52Chris WarnerAmerican1999–20232023Mixed / broad record
    53Marco CamandonaItalian2000–20242024No O₂ on all 14
    54Naoki IshikawaJapanese2001–20242024Mixed / broad record
    55Tracee MetcalfeAmerican2016–20242024Mixed / broad record
    56Sirbaz KhanPakistani2017–20242024No O₂ on all 14
    57Dawa Gyalje SherpaNepaliUnknown–20242024Mixed / broad record
    58Mingma Gyalje SherpaNepaliUnknown–20242024No O₂ on all 14
    59Mario VielmoItalian1998–20242024No O₂ on all 14
    60Naoko WatanabeFirst Japanese woman broadly recognized with all 14Japanese2006–20242024Mixed / broad record
    61Adrian LazaRomanian2016–20242024Mixed / broad record
    62Pasang Nurbu SherpaNepali2016–20242024Mixed / broad record
    63Shehroze KashifPakistani2019–20242024Mixed / broad record
    64Dorota Rasińska-SamoćkoPolish2021–20242024Mixed / broad record
    65Adriana BrownleeYoungest woman in broad-list recognition when completedBritish2021–20242024Mixed / broad record
    66Nima Rinji SherpaYoungest broad-list completer; finished at age 18Nepali2022–20242024Mixed / broad record
    67Alasdair McKenzieFrench / British2022–20242024Mixed / broad record
    68Alina PekovaGuinness youngest woman record under its published categoryRussian / UAE2023–20242024Mixed / broad record
    69Ko-Erh “Grace” TsengTaiwaneseUnknown–20242024Mixed / broad record
    70Mingtemba SherpaNepali2013–20242024Mixed / broad record
    71Tejan GurungNepali / British2022–20242024Mixed / broad record
    72Pasang TendiNepali2011–20242024Mixed / broad record
    73Uta IbrahimiKosovar2017–20252025Mixed / broad record
    74Saško KedevMacedonian2009–20252025Mixed / broad record
    75Afsane HesamifardIranian2021–20252025Mixed / broad record
    76Chhiring SherpaNepaliUnknown–20252025Mixed / broad record
    77Nikol KovalchukListed in the 2026 8000ers.com New Era tableAmerican / Russian2023–20252025Mixed / broad record
    How to read this table: “broad historical roster” preserves the completion record commonly used across decades of mountaineering history. The oxygen wording follows the reviewed historical roster and is not a substitute for the stricter true-summit/no-O₂ classification used by 8000ers.com and Guinness.
    K2 in the Karakoram representing the technical and verification demands of the fourteen eight-thousanders
    The mountain did not move. The standard did.

    “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.

    Modern summit verification

    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.

    Legacy recognition

    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.

    True-summit recognition

    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.

    Correction climbs

    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.

    2026 strict table

    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.

    Two firsts are therefore both meaningful: Messner remains the first broadly recognized climber to complete all 14 in mountaineering history. Viesturs is the first climber Guinness recognizes as having completed all 14 true summits under the later reclassification.
    Style changes the record

    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.

    Historical first

    Reinhold Messner

    Messner completed all 14 without supplementary oxygen by 1986, establishing the foundational no-O₂ collection record.

    Legacy women’s first

    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.

    Strict speed record

    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.

    Strict women’s milestone

    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.

    Nirmal Purja · 1983–2026

    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.

    Keep the avalanche separate from the roster count. Purja’s death belongs in the historical chronology, but it does not change whether he completed the 14 or the records he established. Current accident reporting belongs on the Broad Peak and 2026 season coverage.
    Primary record references

    Where the Counts & Records Come From

    Strict roster

    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 →
    True-summit framework

    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 →
    Speed record

    Harila + Tenjen · 92 Days

    Guinness lists the 2023 true-summit record as a joint achievement by Kristin Harila and Tenjen Lama Sherpa.

    Open record →
    No-O₂ speed

    Nirmal Purja · 2 Years 150 Days

    Guinness records the true-summit/no-O₂ cycle ending October 4, 2024.

    Open record →
    Historical double

    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 →
    2025 women’s strict 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 →
    Continue the eight-thousander research

    The Mountains, Difficulty & Risk

    The mountain list

    The 14 Eight-Thousanders

    Names, elevations, countries, ranges and a direct guide to every mountain.

    See all 14 peaks →     Difficulty

    8,000ers Ranked by Difficulty

    Compare the mountains rather than the people who completed the collection.

    Compare difficulty →     Risk data

    Death Rates by Mountain

    Keep mortality ratios separate from completion records and technical difficulty.

    Compare risk →     2026 history

    Broad Peak

    The mountain where the July 2026 avalanche killed Nirmal Purja and the rest of his expedition team.

    Open Broad Peak →     Verification

    Mountaineering Truth Project

    How changing summit research, incomplete evidence and disputed historical claims are handled across the site.

    Read the project →     For climbers

    What Mountain Should I Climb Next?

    Move from record history back to choosing an objective that fits your own experience.

    Choose the next mountain →
    Direct answers

    All 14 Eight-Thousanders FAQ

    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.

    One collection · two verification systems

    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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