The latest version of ´Mountaineering in Nepal Facts & Figures´ published by Tourism Industry Division under the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation states among 384, 436 summiteers, 220 of them are female. A total of 35 different types of world record have been made in the highest peak in the world till date. [break]
In case of the mountains above 8,000m, a total of 844 summiteers have successfully climbed Mount Manaslu since it was first ascended on May 9, 1956. Mount Manaslu has received highest number of summiteers after Mount Everest.
Likewise, 497 people have climbed Mount Lhotse since May 18, 1956. Similarly, 451 people have scaled Mount Dhaulagiri since May 13, 1960, and 376 people have climbed Mount Makalu since May 15, 1955.
Similarly, 296 people have reached Mount Kanchenjunga since it was conquered back on May 25, 1955. Altogether 221 people have climbed Mount Annapurna I, 53 summiteers have scaled Mount Yalung Kung since May 14 , 1973 and only 14 people have scaled Mount cho-Oyu since Februaray 12, 1984.
Till December 2012, the government of Nepal has opened 326 snow covered peaks for climbing since it was first open to international climbers in 1949, and it has identified 102 unclimbed peaks.
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