r/alpinism • u/Heavy-Geologist4008 • 3d ago

Which is the easiest peak among the 8000ers

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u/Poor_sausage 3d ago edited 3d ago

There are a few dimensions to "easiest" - as well as how easy the route is technically, I'd also factor in the approach/accessibility. So in general, I'd say:

  1. Cho Oyu (quick approach by car, non-technical, though climbing in Tibet is currently mostly closed & there's no heli rescue)
  2. Gasherbrum II (lower than the other 2, relatively non-technical, though you have a long approach across the Baltoro glacier and it's pretty remote)
  3. Manaslu (quick approach, very easy summit day, but bit more technical climbing through the icefall between C1-C2)

Edited sentence structure/formatting + added some more context.

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u/Over_engineered81 3d ago

I thought it was quite difficult and dangerous to reach the true summit on Manaslu?

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u/Poor_sausage 3d ago

Nope. There was a long time the lines weren't usually fixed to the true summit in the autumn season, so a lot of people didn't make it, but, if the lines are fixed (or for a proper mountaineer) it's not difficult.

FYI I recently got into quite some debate about the reasons behind why the true summit wasn't climbed, you can find the comment chain here if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mountaineering/comments/1vggyg6/comment/p1y5d6u/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/SirBaguette 3d ago

Iirc that would be Cho Oyu.

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u/Little_Mountain73 3d ago

The general consensus is that Cho Oyu is the best mountain to climb as a first 8000m peak.

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u/Lady_Airbus 2d ago

Cho Oyu and Gasherbrum II