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 Mount Makalu
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      from above Shershon in the Barun Valley Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world and considered one of the most beautiful of the 8000m peaks. First climbed by a French expedition in 1955. The NW ridge route is mostly snow and ice and averages 50 degrees until the summit gully which is some 65 degrees.  | 
      
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