On April 17, 2010 Joao Garcia became the 10th climber in history to climb all 14 8000 meters mountains without using supplementary oxygen. His project “Climbing The World’s Summits” (that was sponsored by Millennium bcp since 2006), was completed 17 years after its start in 1993.
In descending order of altitude01. Mt. Everest 8848m 02. K2 8611m 03. Kanchenjunga 8586m 04. Lhotse 8516m 05. Makalu 8463m 06. Cho Oyu 8201m 07. Dhaulagiri 8167m 08. Manaslu 8163m 09. Nanga Parbat 8125m 10. Annapurna 8091m 11. Gasherbrum I 8068m 12. Broad Peak 8047m 13. Gasherbrum II 8035m 14. Shisha Pangma 8013m | In chronological order1993 – Cho Oyu (8201m) 1994 – Dhaulagiri (8167m) 1999 – Mt Evereste (8848m) 2001 – Gasherbrum II (8035m) 2004 – Gasherbrum I (8068m) 2005 – Lhotse (8516m) 2006 – Kanchenjunga (8586m) 2006 – Shisha Pangma (8013m) 2007 – K2 (8611m) 2008 – Makalu (8463m) 2008 – Broad Peak (8047m) 2009 – Manaslu (8163m) 2009 – Nanga Parbat(8125m) 2010 – Annapurna (8091m) |
