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
And Sherpas from the Kanchenjunga and Makalu regions are stepping into the void.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
Lhakpa took both her daughters to the Makalu base camp.
From BBC ● May 12, 2022
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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