Dhaulagiri
Americannoun
noun
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The climber, who was on his 15th attempt on Mt Dhaulagiri, was preparing to make a push for the summit when the incident occurred, the Himalayan Times newspaper said.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2023
The incident on Dhaulagiri was not the first time Richards experienced a mental health episode during a high-stakes expedition.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
He worked as a cameraman for the 1960 Swiss Dhaulagiri Expedition, which led him to ask Nepal’s government for a permit to climb Everest a few years later.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2017
As we descended from upper Dolpo, we looked southeast from the last pass—Jyanta La—toward Dhaulagiri, the world’s seventh-highest peak.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015
Later still, I encountered a member of Mai Duff s commercial expedition, a twenty-eight-year-old Finn named Veikka Gustafsson whose record of previous Himalayan ascents included Everest, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, and Lhotse.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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