Adriana Brownlee said she cried when she reached the summit of the last one - completing a dream she had since she was a child.
A British woman has become the youngest female mountaineer to climb the world's 14 highest peaks. Adriana Brownlee, 23, completed her task by reaching the summit of Shishapangma in Tibet on 9 October and described her final push as an emotional one. 'I started to cry,' she said. 'It was the most incredible moment. I cried again remembering that I had just summited all 14 8,000m peaks and made history.
There are only 14 mountains in the world which are over 8,000m above sea level and all are located in the Himalayan and Karakoram mountain ranges across Nepal, Tibet and Pakistan. They include Everest , K2 , Dhaulagiri and Nanga Parbat . They are known as the 'eight-thousanders' and provide a challenge for mountaineers. There is no official document for who has completed all 14 summits, but most online records suggest it is limited to a few dozen people.
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