Makalu
Americannoun
noun
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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
A few minutes later Makalu Gau appeared, having been dragged down the glacier on a piece of plastic by a half-dozen Sherpas.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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