Denis Urubko Summits His 14th 8,000 Meter Peak

Denis Urubko Captures His 14th 8,000 Meter Summit: Cho Oyu

Denis Urubko has succesfully completed his quest to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000 meter peaks.  His latest accomplishment, and the icing on the cake, was the SE Face of Cho Oyu, which Urubko done in alpine style.  RussianClimb.com has the report, but few details.  It is noted that Urubko is back in Cho Oyu Basecamp–and more details will follow.

Denis Urubko now joins a very select list of climbers to ever top out on all 14 8,000 meter peaks.  Reinhold Messner became the first back in 1986, and since that time, less than 20 others have ever made this distinct accomplishment.  EverestNews has a list of some of the individuals who have accomplished this, but their last update in 2005, has left a couple of others off the list.  The list is quite intersting and includes: Reinhold Messner, Park Young Seok, Ed Viesturs, and Alan Hinkes.  Ed Viesturs is the only American,  and also done so using no O2.

Denis Urubko’s Cho Oyu climb has been well-documented in an article published today on ExplorersWeb.  A BIG congratulations goes out to Denis.  Now we can’t wait to see what he comes up with next!