Youngest person to climb first 14 peaks (female)

Youngest person to climb first 14 peaks (female)
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Who
Alina Pekova
What
31 years 275 days year(s):day(s)
Where
China
When
09 October 2024

The youngest women to climb all 14 mountains over 8,000 m (26,247 ft) is Alina Pekova (Russia/UAE, b. 8 January 1993), who was 31 years 275 days old when she completed her ascent of Shisha Pangma (8,027 m; 26,335 ft) on 9 October 2024.

Alina began her 8,000 m (26,247 ft) mountain climbing project in April 2023. The first mountain she successfully summitted was Annapurna (8,091 m; 26,545 ft), on 16 April 2023:

  1. Annapurna (8,091 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 16 April 2023
  2. Mount Everest (8,848 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 18 May 2023
  3. Lhotse (8,516 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 18 May 2023
  4. Makalu (8,485 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 29 May 2023
  5. Nanga Parbat (8,126 m, Himalayas, Pakistan) - 26 June 2023
  6. Broad Peak (8,051 m, Karakoram, Pakistan) - 19 July 2023
  7. K2 (8,611 m, Karakoram, Pakistan) - 27 July 2023
  8. Gasherbrum I (8,080 m, Karakoram, Pakistan) - 2 August 2023
  9. Manaslu (8,163 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 20 September 2023
  10. Dhaulagiri (8,167 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 29 September 2023
  11. Cho Oyu (8,201 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 6 October 2023
  12. Kangchenjunga (8,586 m, Himalayas, Nepal) - 8 June 2024
  13. Gasherbrum II (8,035 m, Karakoram, Pakistan) - 21 July 2024
  14. Shisha Pangma (8,027 m, Himalayas, Tibet, China) - 9 October 2024