Singapore 8000 m mountains summit list

Mt Everest is the world highest summit at 8848 m. However, there are 13 other eight-thousanders on earth and many of which are technically more challenging than Mt Everest. Below is the list of Singaporeans and permanent residents (PR) who have reached the summit of eight-thousanders. In addition to this, we have also added other mountains of significance.

IMPORTANT NOTE. Many of the 8000m mountains have multiple summits such as Shishapangma, Manaslu, Broad Peak, Dhaulagiri. This record is based on reported successful summit as recognized by respective country's mountaineering association or agency. We respect the achievement by the mountaineers while recognizing that there are differences in opinions regarding the definition of reaching the summit of the mountain.

8000 m summit list

Mt Everest (8848 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Edwin Siew 25 May 1998 Singapore Everest Expedition, Singapore permanent resident at time of summit
2. Khoo Swee Chiow 42 23 May 2006 Malaysia-Singapore Friendship Expedition. Route: South Col. Khoo Swee Chiow and Edwin Siew were Singapore permanent residents when they reached the summit of Mt Everest in the Singapore Everest Expedition 1998.
  21 May 2011 Air Asia Altitude-X Expedition. Route: North Ridge Khoo Swee Chiow
  25 May 1998 Singapore Everest Expedition, Singapore permanent resident at time of summit
3. Teo Yen Kai 24 02 June 2005 NUS Centennial Team. Route: South Col
4. Chow Efung   02 June 2005 Singapore permanent resident. NUS Centennial Team. Route: South Col
5. Ang Yau Choon 40 22 May 2007 Route: South Col.
6. Lee Li Hui 27 20 May 2009 NATAS SWET Expedition. Route: South Col.
7. Esther Tan 26 20 May 2009 NATAS SWET Expedition. Route: South Col.
8. Jane Lee 25 20 May 2009 NATAS SWET Expedition. Route: South Col.
9. Joanne Soo 39 22 May 2009 NATAS SWET Expedition. Route: South Col.
10. Lee Peh Gee 32 22 May 2009 NATAS SWET Expedition. Route: South Col.
11. Lien Choong Luen 29 23 May 2010 Route: South Col.
12. Kenneth Koh 27 May 2011 Project Himalaya. Route: North Ridge
13. Kumaran Rasappan 26 May 2012 Route: South Col
14. Felix Tan   20 May 2016 Route: North Ridge
15. Yusrina Ya'akob 30 22 May 2017 NTU - NIE Everest Team Singapore, Route: South Col
16. Leow Kah Shin   16 May 2018 TRIPLE CROWN EXPEDITION 2018 (International Team), Route: South Col
17. Grant Rawlinson (Singapore PR)   19 May 2012 Route: North Ridge
18. Sim Phei Sunn 22 May 2019 Route: South Col
19. Jeremy Tong 22 May 2019 Route: South Col
20. Dan Clements (Singapore PR) 23 May 2019 Route: South Col
21. Anandan Bala 23 May 2019 Route: South Col
22. Matthew Lim Jun Jeh   17 May 2023  
23. Vincere Zeng   18 May 2023 1st South East Asian female to achieve double header (Everest - Lhotse)
24. Shrinivas Sainis Dattatraya   19 May 2023 Missing on the descend

K2 (8611 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Khoo Swee Chiow - 31 July 2012 -
2. Lien Choong Luen 37 27 July 2014 -
3. Vincere Zeng   27 July 2023 1st Singaporean/Southeast Asian female
4. Sim Phei Sunn   27 July 2023 -

Kangchenjunga (8586 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Khoo Swee Chiow - 15 May 2019 -

Lhotse (8516 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Leow Kah Shin   17 May 2018 TRIPLE CROWN EXPEDITION 2018 (International Team)
2. Khoo Swee Chiow   14 May 2022  
3. Vincere Zeng   19 May 2023 1st South East Asian female to reach summit of Lhotse

Makalu (8485 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Khoo Swee Chiow   19 May 2014  

Cho Oyu (8201 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. David Lim - 28 Sep 1997 Singapore Everest Expedition
2. Justin Lean 23 28 Sep 1997 Singapore Everest Expedition
3. Khoo Swee Chiow - 28 Sep 1997 Singapore Everest Expedition, Singapore permanent resident at time of summit
4. Mohd Rozani bin Maarof - 28 Sep 1997 Singapore Everest Expedition
5. Ernest Quah 24 18 Sep 2004 NUS Centennial Everest Expedition
6. Teo Yen Kai 23 18 Sep 2004 NUS Centennial Everest Expedition
7. Robert Goh 27 Sep 2004 Without supplementary oxygen
8. Ernest Quah 24 27 Sep 2004 NUS Centennial Everest Expedition. Without supplementary oxygen
9. Lim Kim Boon 30 Sep 2004 Without supplementary oxygen
10. Jane Lee 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
11. Lee Li Hui 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
12. Joanne Soo 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
13. Sim Yi Hui 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
14. Mok Ying Jang 23 Sep 2007
15. Soo Mei Ying 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
16. Chu Ngee Heng 23 Sep 2007 NATAS SWET Expedition
17. Ismail 29 Sep 2014 Aluminaid Team Singapura Everest 2015
18. Hilwan 29 Sep 2014 Aluminaid Team Singapura Everest 2015
19. Yusrina 29 Sep 2014 Aluminaid Team Singapura Everest 2015
20. Sim Phei Sunn 26 Sep 2018

Dhaulagiri (8167 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Dhiren Doshi   22 May 2017 Summit: Probably Western Rocky Foresummit.

Manaslu (8163 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Dr Chin Wui Kin (Singapore PR)   25 September 2017  
2. Anandan Bala   28 September 2018 As recognized by Himalayan Database and Nepali Mountainering Authority.
3. Vincere Zeng   28 September 2021 First Female Singaporean to Summit Mt. Manaslu
4. Vanessa Fong   25 September 2023 As recognized Nepali Mountainering Authority.
Reference.
How to verify a Manaslu summit claim, https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2016/how-to-verify-manaslu-summit-claim/
About Manaslu summit topography, https://4sport.ua/_upl/2/1565/About-Manaslu-summit-topography.pdf

Nanga Parbat (8126 m)

Annapurna I (8091 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Dr Chin Wui Kin (Singapore PR) 48 23 April 2019 Passed away after been rescued on the way down

Gasherbrum (8080 m)

Broad Peak (8051 m)

Gasherbrum II (8034 m)

Shishapangma (8027 m)
Name Age Summit date Description
1. Khoo Swee Chiow 37 28 Sep 2001 Main Summit (8027 m). Without supplementary oxygen via the right-hand couloir on the South West Face
2. Robert Goh 36 16 May 2002 Central summit (8008 m). Alpine style without supplementary oxygen.
3. Edwin Siew 32 16 May 2002 Central summit (8008 m). Alpine style without supplementary oxygen.

Others

Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya) (4885 m), Papua Province, Indonesia
Name Summit date Description
1. Khoo Swee Chiow 19 October 2000;
27 November 2015;
26 February 2019 		 
2. Amos Sim 19 October 2000  
3. Sim Phei Sunn 13 August 2018  
4. Vijay Kumar (Singapore PR) 24 February 2019  
5. Lynn Ng 26 February 2019  

Ama Dablam (6,812 m), Nepal
Name Summit date Description
1. Joanne Soo 12 November 2011  
2. Clarence Yap 12 November 2011  
3. Joyce Lim 12 November 2011  
4. Kumaran Rasappan 12 November 2011  
5. Khoo Swee Chiow 07 November 2015  
6. Vanessa Fong 02 November 2022  

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