Ranking of the top 10 peaks in the world

The highest peak in the world: Mount Everest (8,844 meters above sea level), first climbed by humans on May 29, 1953

Mount Everest is the main peak of the Himalayas and the highest peak in the world. : Located on the border between the People's Republic of China and Nepal, its northern slope is in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China, its southern slope is in Nepal, and the summit is in China

The second highest peak in the world: K2 (8,611 meters above sea level), on July 31, 1954, two members of an Italian mountaineering team set a record for the first ascent, which took nearly 100 days

K2 is 8,611 meters above sea level and is the second highest peak in the world, second only to Mount Everest, but its climbing difficulty is much higher than Mount Everest. K2 is known as the Savage Giant Peak, and it has always topped the mountaineering list with a climbing mortality rate of more than 27%

The third highest peak in the world: Kangchenjunga (8,586 meters above sea level), on May 25, 1955, four members of a British mountaineering team first climbed to the summit of Kangchenjunga

Kangchenjunga is located on the border between Nepal and India. It is the third highest peak in the world and also the highest peak in the world. Among the 14 8,000-meter peaks in the world, the most eastern one, Kangchenjunga has a wide and huge mountain body from any angle, and a huge mountain block composed of four different peaks

The fourth highest peak in the world: Lhotse (8,516 meters above sea level), on May 18, 1956, two Swiss mountaineering team members successfully climbed to the summit for the first time

Lhotse has majestic and steep mountains, huge active glaciers, frequent ice avalanches, and frequent snow avalanches. In particular, the base camp to Camp 1 is covered by thousands of years of moraine and huge glaciers. The terrain is intricate, the route is long, the ice slope is large, and there are countless huge ice cracks

The fifth highest peak in the world: Makalu (8,463 meters above sea level), in 1955, 9 members of the French mountaineering team climbed to the summit for the first time

Makalu is roughly similar to Mount Everest. It is dry and windy in the winter half of the year, which is the dry season and windy season. The summer half of the year is the rainy season, showing the characteristics of a continental plateau climate. Generally speaking, the rainy season is from early June to mid-September every year. The heavy rains brought by the strong southeast monsoon cause frequent ice avalanches and snow avalanches, resulting in a harsh climate with clouds and fog on the mountain and raging ice and snow.

The sixth highest peak in the world: Cho Oyu (8,201 meters above sea level). On October 19, 1954, four climbers from the Austrian mountaineering team successfully climbed to the summit with the help of Sherpas.

Cho Oyu (Tibetan: Cho Uya) belongs to the Himalayas. It is adjacent to the world's highest peak, Mount Everest (8844.43 meters above sea level) in the east and the world's 14th highest peak, Shishapangma (8012 meters above sea level) in the west.

The world's seventh highest peak: Dhaulagiri (8172 meters above sea level), which was first climbed by a joint mountaineering team from Switzerland, Poland and the United States on May 13, 1960.

"Dhaulagiri" means "white mountain". It is about 300 kilometers east of Mount Everest. Because of its dangerous terrain, it is daunting, so it is also known as the "Devil's Peak".

The world's eighth highest peak: Manaslu (8156 meters above sea level), first climbed in 1956

Manaslu is also known as Manaslu. Tibetans call it Kutange or Kutang Mountain, which means a flat place to describe its wide top

The ninth highest peak in the world: Nanga Parbat (8125 meters above sea level), on July 3, 1953, Bill, a member of the West German and Austrian joint mountaineering team, climbed to the summit for the first time

As the ninth highest peak in the world, Nanga Parbat has the same climbing difficulty as K2. The first attempt to climb it was to climb along a narrow ridgeline. To the south of the mountain is the world's largest rock wall, the Rupal Wall, which is 15,000 feet long. With such a complicated climbing route, it is no wonder that it is nicknamed "Man-eating Peak".

The world's tenth highest peak: Annapurna Peak (8,091 meters above sea level), which was successfully climbed by the Tibetan Mountaineering Expedition Team in 1993

Annapurna Peak 1, 8,090 meters above sea level, is the world's tenth highest peak. The main peak of the Annapurna Mountains, also known as Kutang Peak. Annapurna Peak (Annapurna), located in the middle of the Himalayas in Nepal