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Dhaulagiri

American  
[dou-luh-geer-ee] / ˌdaʊ ləˈgɪər i /

noun

  1. a mountain in W central Nepal: a peak of the Himalayas. 26,826 feet (8,180 meters).


Dhaulagiri British  
/ ˌdaʊləˈɡɪərɪ /

noun

  1. a mountain in W central Nepal, in the Himalayas. Height: 8172 m (26 810 ft)

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Soria has successfully climbed 12 of the world's 8,000-metre peaks and had the Dhaulagiri and Tibet's Shishapangma left to become the oldest climber to reach the summits of the planet's 14-highest peaks.

From Reuters May 17, 2023

“Now we are going to rest some days and then we will see if we go to Annapurna and Dhaulagiri, depending on the weather and conditions,” she said.

From Washington Times May 4, 2023

Mr. Dyhrenfurth’s breakthrough began in May 1960, when he was the cameraman for a Swiss-Austrian expedition to Dhaulagiri, a Himalayan massif that includes the world’s seventh-highest mountain.

From New York 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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