Someone seemed to have been defeated. “The 14 highest mountains in Nepal” are listed on the website, including an overview map of the country – and all 14 are over 8000 meters high. So far, it has been internationally agreed that there are 14 mountains all over the world that extend beyond the 8000 meter limit, and only eight of them are in Nepal. So have suddenly been discovered six new eight -thousanders, of which the world had never known? The presentation on the NepalhimalpeakProfile.org website, operated by the Nepalese Ministry of Tourism and the Nepal Mountainering Association mountaineering association, caused some excitement. In fact, she documents a push of the Nepalese authorities, six previous secondary summit, already known eight -thousand meters, such as the Kangchendzönga, with a third -highest mountain in the world at 8586 meters, to recognize as an independent eight -thousander in the future. What is a summit? Independent peaks. Translated, the Tibetan name Kangchendzönga means “five treasury of the big snow” – and implies that the five peaks form a single mountain. However, this should no longer apply. There are some possible factors for this: the topography, i.e. prominence, sculpture height and dominance, history, tradition, spiritual information and the names of the local population. There is no generally binding definition. The international association of the mountain sports associations (UIAA) has so far assumed that 14 eight -thousandsers should remain, but wants to clarify the question at the next general meeting in autumn. For Nepal, an expansion of the portfolio would also bring new sources of income. Commercial height mountaineering boom is booming, it is a financial pillar of the country that depends on the earning opportunities for sponsors, chefs, mountain guides, lodge drivers, travel agencies and the income due to the permits. In the case of eight-thousand-of-thousanders’ rage of modern high-altitude mountain climbers, six more summits could actually appear as an attractive addition. But then how on? With the first ninth thousand on earth? Everything maybe just a matter of time. Or the definition.
