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
And Sherpas from the Kanchenjunga and Makalu regions are stepping into the void.
From New York Times ● May 7, 2023
A little later, Fischer and Lopsang were resting when they were overtaken by Makalu Gau and his two Sherpas, Mingma Tshering and Ngima Gombu.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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