SOUTH Korean climber Oh Eun-sun claimed the record as the first woman to summit all 14 of the world’s peaks over 8,000 metres when she scaled Mount Annapurna in Nepal yesterday.

Babu Chhiri, a renowned Sherpa guide listed in the Guinness Book of Records for having climbed Mount Everest in 17 hours, died when he fell into crevasse of the world’s highest peak.