Mont Blanc 4.807m (Alpi), cel mai inalt varf din Europa - 1786
Matterhorn 4.478m (Alpi) - 1865, Whymper
Elbrus 5.633m (Caucaz) - 1868
Kilimanjaro 5.895m (Africa) - 1889 de Hans Meyer
Aconcagua 6.962m (America de Sud) - 1897
McKinley 6.134m (America de Nord) - 1913
Everest 8.850m (Himalaia) - 1953 (29 mai, ora 11.30), cucerit de Edmund Hillary si Tenzing Norgay; au urcat pe ruta sudica
K2 8.612m (Himalaia) - 1954
Anapurna (Himalaia) a fost primul varf de peste 8000m, adica 8078m - 1950
Cho-Oyu 8.201m (Himalaia, Tibet) - al 6-lea varf din lume ca inaltime, 1954 de H. Tichy

Seven Summits

1. vf. Aconcagua, Argentina (6.962m)
2. vf. Carstensz Pyramid, Irian Jaya (4.884m)
3. vf. Denali, Alaska US (6.195m)
4. vf. Elbrus, Rusia (5.633m)
5. vf. Everest, Nepal (8.850m)
6. vf. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (5.895m)
7. vf. Vinson, Antartica (4.897m)