Appendix Three

The World Records

Fastest time to climb all fourteen mountains above 8,000 metres.

Six months, six days.

 

Fastest time from summit of Everest to summit of Lhotse and summit of Makalu.

Forty-eight hours and thirty minutes.

 

Fastest time to climb the top five highest mountains in the world: Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and K2.

Seventy days.

 

Fastest time to climb all five 8,000-ers of Pakistan: K2, Nanga Parbat, Broad Peak, GI and GII.

Twenty-three days.

 

Most 8,000-metre peaks (six) during a single season (spring): Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Kanchenjunga, Everest, Lhotse and Makalu.

Thirty-one days.