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Makalu

American  
[muhk-uh-loo] / ˈmʌk əˌlu /

noun

  1. a mountain in the Himalayas, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet. 27,790 feet (8,470 meters).


Makalu British  
/ ˈmʌkəˌluː /

noun

  1. a massif in NE Nepal, on the border with Tibet in the Himalayas

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Whatever the actual price, it wasn’t too high for Shelley Johannesen, a family friend who died on May 11 shortly after summiting Makalu, in Nepal, the world’s fifth-highest peak.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 1, 2026

A US and a Czech climber died on Mount Makalu earlier this month.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

The research, published in Nature Geoscience, adds that this upward pushing force is causing Everest and other neighbouring summits, including the world’s fourth and fifth highest peaks, Lhotse and Makalu, to move upward.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2024

In 1980, they joined with two other Spokane Mountaineers, Kim Momb and Jim States, for an alpine-style expedition that put Roskelley on the top of Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest peak.

From Washington Times Dec. 12, 2015

At 3:00 p.m., as I was drinking a cup of tea, six Sherpas husded a dazed-looking Makalu Gau into the tent and the doctors sprang into action.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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