8000 Meter Peaks

Seven Summits

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Note some expeditions were to the Main (True) Summit at 8027Meters, other were to the lower Central Summit at 8008m for the Central. "Summits" are from reports of the climbers and/or expeditions.

1.) Swiss German Double Cho-Oyu & Shishapangma Expedition

* Source: Martin Kung, both reached the Main Summit at 8027Meters.

2.) Swiss Shishapangma Expedition

3.) Bulgarian Double Cho-Oyu & Shishapangma Expedition

4.) Belgian Shishapangma Expedition

5.) French Shisapangma Expedition Spring'1999

6.) Mountain Work Shishapangma Expedition

7.) Gdanska Wyprawan Himalayaje Shisapangma Expedition

8.) Adventure Consultants Shishapangma Expedition Spring'1999

http://webnz.com/adventure/

9.) Australian Army Alpine Shishapangma Expedition-Spring'1999

http://www.armyalpine.org.au/exped/shisha/

Note according to their web site, all Australian Army summits were to the Central Summit not the Main summit.

# Source: Asian-Trekking Expedition organizer

Note: This is not a complete list... It is the best information EverestNews.com has right now...

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