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On October 9, 2024, 18-year-old Nima Rinji Sherpa and 23-year-old Adriana Brownlee each completed all 14 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks on…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 28, 2026
There are 14 mountains on Earth taller than 8,000 metres, and completing all of them is one of mountaineering's defining feats — fewer than 50 people had done it by the early 2010s. On October 9, 2024, two climbers who had never planned their expeditions…
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Adriana Brownlee, then 20, summits Everest — her first 8,000m peak. Nima Rinji Sherpa, 16, summits Manaslu — the start of his own 14-peak project. Brownlee, 21, becomes the youngest woman ever to summit K2. Nima, 17, becomes the youngest person ever to summit…
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