Pali mapiri ataliatali pamakontinenti onse a Dziko lapansi, ndipo akuphatikizidwa m'mndandanda osiyanasiyana. Mwachitsanzo, pali mndandanda wa nsonga 117 zazitali kwambiri padziko lapansi. Mulinso mapiri odziyimira pawokha omwe afika kutalika kwamamita oposa 7200. Kuphatikiza apo, pali Club yachisanu ndi chiwiri ya Summits. Ndi bungwe la alendo komanso okwera mapiri omwe akwera pamwamba pa kontinenti iliyonse. Mndandanda wa kalabu iyi ndi iyi:
- Chomolungma;
- Aconcagua;
- Denali;
- Kilimanjaro;
- Elbrus ndi Mont Blanc;
- Vinson Massif;
- Jaya ndi Kostsyushko.
Pali kusagwirizana pankhani yayikulu kwambiri ku Europe ndi Australia, chifukwa chake pali mitundu iwiri pamndandandawu.
Mapiri ataliatali
Pali mapiri angapo apamwamba kwambiri padziko lapansi, omwe tidzakambirane zambiri. Mosakayikira, phiri lalitali kwambiri padziko lapansi ndi Everest (Chomolungma), lomwe lili m'mapiri a Himalaya. Imafika pamtunda wa mamita 8848. Phirili lidadabwitsa ndikukopa mibadwo yambiri ya anthu, ndipo tsopano likugonjetsedwa ndi omwe akukwera padziko lonse lapansi. Anthu oyamba kugonjetsa phirili anali a Edmund Hillary ochokera ku New Zealand komanso a Tenzing Norgay ochokera ku Nepal, omwe adatsagana nawo. Wokwera kwambiri kukwera Everest anali Jordan Romero wochokera ku United States ali ndi zaka 13, ndipo wamkulu anali Bahadur Sherkhan waku Nepal, wazaka 76.
Mapiri a Karakorum adavala korona ndi Phiri la Chogori, lomwe ndi lalitali mamita 8611. Amatchedwa "K-2". Chiwerengerochi chili ndi mbiri yoyipa, chifukwa amatchedwanso wakupha, chifukwa malinga ndi ziwerengero, munthu wachinayi aliyense amene akukwera phirili amafa. Awa ndi malo owopsa komanso owopsa, koma makonzedwe azinthu awa saopseza alendo. Chachikulu kwambiri ndi Phiri la Kanchenjunga ku Himalaya. Kutalika kwake kunafika mamita 8568. Phiri ili lili ndi nsonga zisanu. Idakwera koyamba ndi Joe Brown ndi George Bend waku England ku 1955. Malinga ndi nkhani zakomweko, phirili ndi mayi yemwe samasunga mtsikana aliyense amene angafune kukwera phirili, ndipo pakadali pano ndi mayi m'modzi yekha amene adatha kukayendera msonkhanowu mu 1998, a Jeanette Harrison aku Great Britain.
Chotsatira chake ndi Phiri la Lhotse, lomwe lili ku Himalaya, lomwe kutalika kwake kumafika mamita 8516. Osati nsonga zake zonse zomwe zidagonjetsedwa, koma okwera mapiri aku Switzerland adafika koyamba mu 1956.
MacLau imatseka mapiri asanu apamwamba kwambiri padziko lapansi. Phirili limapezekanso m'mapiri a Himalaya. Kwa nthawi yoyamba, idakwera mu 1955 ndi aku France, motsogozedwa ndi a Jean Franco.
