I am working on the Winter 2014 issue of Stone Path Review that will include a different kind of interview. It will be with the owner of a mountain guide training school with locations in Alaska and Patagonia. In doing some basic research and tailoring the interview, here are some mountaineering statistics since I love nature and numbers.
The Seven Summits – The highest peak on each continent
| Peak | Elevation | Continent | Range |
| Mount Everest | 8,848 m (29,029 ft) | Asia | Himalaya |
| Aconcagua | 6,961 m (22,838 ft) | South America | Andes |
| Mount McKinley | 6,194 m (20,322 ft) | North America | Alaska Range |
| Kilimanjaro | 5,895 m (19,341 ft) | Africa | – |
| Mount Elbrus | 5,642 m (18,510 ft) | Europe | Caucasus Mountains |
| Mount Vinson | 4,892 m (16,050 ft) | Antarctica | Sentinel Range |
| Puncak Jaya | 4,884 m (16,024 ft) | Australia (continent) | Sudirman Range |
The Fourteen 8000M Peaks – The 14 highest peaks in the world
| Peak | Height | Location |
| Everest | 8,848 m (29,029 ft) | China / Nepal |
| K2 | 8,611 m (28,251 ft) | Pakistan / China |
| Kangchenjunga | 8,586 m (28,169 ft) | Nepal / India |
| Lhotse | 8,516 m (27,940 ft) | China / Nepal |
| Makalu | 8,485 m (27,838 ft) | China / Nepal |
| Cho Oyu | 8,201 m (26,906 ft) | China / Nepal |
| Dhaulagiri I | 8,167 m (26,795 ft) | Nepal |
| Manaslu | 8,163 m (26,781 ft) | Nepal |
| Nanga Parbat | 8,126 m (26,660 ft) | Pakistan |
| Annapurna I | 8,091 m (26,545 ft) | Nepal |
| Gasherbrum I | 8,080 m (26,444 ft) | China / Pakistan |
| Broad Peak | 8,051 m (26,414 ft) | China / Pakistan |
| Gasherbrum II | 8,034 m (26,358 ft) | China / Pakistan |
| Shishapangma | 8,027 m (26,335 ft) | China |
Verified List of Climbers Who Have Reached the Summit of all 14
| Order | Without O2 | Name | Period | Born | Age | Nationality |
| 1 | 1 | Reinhold Messner | 1970–1986 | 1944 | 42 | Italy Italian |
| 2 | Jerzy Kukuczka | 1979–1987 | 1948 | 39 | Poland Polish | |
| 3 | 2 | Erhard Loretan | 1982–1995 | 1959 | 36 | Switzerland Swiss |
| 4 | Carlos Carsolio | 1985–1996 | 1962 | 33 | Mexico Mexican | |
| 5 | Krzysztof Wielicki | 1980–1996 | 1950 | 46 | Poland Polish | |
| 6 | 3 | Juanito Oiarzabal | 1985–1999 | 1956 | 43 | Spain Spanish |
| 7 | Sergio Martini | 1983–2000 | 1949 | 51 | Italy Italian | |
| 8 | Young-Seok Park | 1993–2001 | 1963 | 38 | South Korea Korean | |
| 9 | Hong-Gil Um | 1988–2001 | 1960 | 40 | South Korea Korean | |
| 10 | 4 | Alberto Iñurrategi | 1991-2002 | 1968 | 33 | Spain Spanish |
| 11 | Wang-Yong Han | 1994–2003 | 1966 | 37 | South Korea Korean | |
| 12 | 5 | Ed Viesturs | 1989–2005 | 1959 | 46 | United States American |
| 13 | 6 | Silvio Mondinelli | 1993–2007 | 1958 | 49 | Italy Italian |
| 14 | 7 | Ivan Vallejo | 1997–2008 | 1959 | 49 | Ecuador Ecuador |
| 15 | 8 | Denis Urubko | 2000–2009 | 1973 | 35 | Kazakhstan Kazakhstan |
| 16 | Ralf Dujmovits | 1990–2009 | 1961 | 47 | Germany German | |
| 17 | 9 | Veikka Gustafsson | 1993–2009 | 1968 | 41 | Finland Finnish |
| 18 | Andrew Lock | 1993–2009 | 1961 | 48 | Australia Australian | |
| 19 | 10 | João Garcia | 1993–2010 | 1967 | 43 | Portugal Portuguese |
| 20 | Piotr Pustelnik | 1990–2010 | 1951 | 58 | Poland Polish | |
| 21 | Edurne Pasaban | 2001–2010 | 1973 | 36 | Spain Spanish | |
| 22 | Abele Blanc | 1992–2011 | 1954 | 56 | Italy Italian | |
| 23 | Mingma Sherpa | 2000–2011 | 1978 | 33 | Nepal Nepal | |
| 24 | 11 | Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner | 1998–2011 | 1970 | 40 | Austria Austria |
| 25 | Vassily Pivtsov | 2001–2011 | 1975 | 36 | Kazakhstan Kazakhstan | |
| 26 | 12 | Maxut Zhumayev | 2001–2011 | 1977 | 34 | Kazakhstan Kazakhstan |
| 27 | Jae-Soo Kim | 2000–2011 | 1961 | 50 | South Korea Korean | |
| 28 | 13 | Mario Panzeri | 1988–2012 | 1964 | 48 | Italy Italian |
| 29 | Hirotaka Takeuchi | 1995–2012 | 1971 | 41 | Japan Japanese | |
| 30 | Chhang Dawa Sherpa | 2001–2013 | 1982 | 30 | Nepal Nepal | |
| 31 | 14 | Kim Chang-Ho | 2005–2013 | 1970 | 43 | South Korea Korean |