Spring 1979 season
25 expeditions, of which 16 put someone on the summit. 53 summits (47 by members, 6 by hired staff) and 11 deaths, among 231 members and 23 hired staff recorded.
Summits count member records: someone who summited twice on one expedition counts once, someone on two expeditions in the season counts twice. Claimed (unrecognised) ascents are excluded and disputed ones included, as in the database's own statistics. Hired staff are only recorded when they went above base camp.
First ascents
- Peak 29 (7871m), May 08 — Poland: Ryszard Gajewski, Maciej Pawlikowski (PK2979101)
- Gaurishankar (7135m), May 08 — US, Nepal: John Roskelley, Dorje Sherpa (GAUR79101)
- Nilgiri Central (6940m), Apr 30 — Japan: Kohichi Sakata, Yasuo Tsuda (NILC79101)
- Khumbutse (6639m), May 15 — Yugoslavia: Franz Knez (KHUM79101)
Busiest summit days
Peaks
| Peak | Height | Expeditions | Successful | Summits | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaulagiri I | 8167 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Everest | 8849 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Annapurna I | 8091 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Thamserku | 6618 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Ama Dablam | 6814 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Nilgiri Central | 6940 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Tilicho | 7134 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Lhotse | 8516 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Kangchenjunga | 8586 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Annapurna South | 7219 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Gaurishankar | 7135 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kangtega | 6783 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Peak 29 | 7871 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Khumbutse | 6639 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lobuche East | 6119 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Fang | 7647 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jannu | 7711 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kusum Kanguru | 6370 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manaslu | 8163 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nampa | 6729 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Numbur | 6958 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |