Iran’s Gheichisaz climbs world’s 14 highest peaks to join 8,000ers club
Iranian mountain climber Azim Gheichisaz has joined one of the world’s most elite groups of mountaineers known as the ‘8,000ers’ after climbing all 14 of the world’s highest peaks.
The 36-year-old member of Iran men’s national mountaineering team reached Lhotse, which is the fourth highest mountain in the world at 8,516 meters (27,940 feet), in Tibet on Friday, fulfilling his lifetime dream to climb the world’s most extreme peaks.
Gheichisaz also became the 37th climber to complete all 14 peaks above 8,000 meters without oxygen support.
Lhotse means “South Peak” in Tibetan. The mountain comprises the smaller peaks Lhotse Middle (East) at 8,414 meters (27,605 feet), and Lhotse Shar at 8,383 meters (27,503 feet).
The summit is on the border between China’s province-level autonomous region of Tibet and the Khumbu region of Nepal.
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