First ascent of Dhaulagiri I

First ascent of Dhaulagiri I
Who
Kurt Diemberger, Peter Diener, Ernst Forrer, Albin Schelbert, Nawang Dorje, Nima Dorje
What
first
Where
Nepal (Dhaulagiri I)
When
Dhaulagiri I (8,167 m; 26,794 ft) was first climbed on 13 May 1960, when the summit was reached by Kurt Diemberger (Austria), Peter Diener (Germany), Ernst Forrer and Albin Schelbert (both Switzerland), Nawang Dorje and Nima Dorje (both Nepal/Sherpa). Dhaulagiri I is one of the 8,000ers, the 14 mountains on Earth that rise to more than 8,000 m (26,247 ft) above sea level. They are all located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges in Asia.