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Mount Makalu ( 8463m )

Mt. Makalu from c6000m above Advanced Base Camp

Mount Makalu from c6000m

above Advanced Base Camp

in the Barun Valley.

One of the the world's fourteen 8000ers

and the world's 5th highest mountain.

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.



West Face of Mount Makalu

West Face of Mount Makalu



West Face of Mount Makalu

West Face of Mount Makalu




West Face of Mount Makalu

West Face of Mount Makalu




Mount Makalu summit

Mount Makalu summit


Mount Makalu summit

Mount Makalu summit


Mount Makalu summit

Mount Makalu summit

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Travel & Guide Books & Maps - Nepal:-

Lonely Planet Nepal Nepal - Rough GuideLonely Planet Trekking in Nepal The Trekking Peaks of Nepal Lonely Planet Trekking and Climbing in NepalAlpine / Himalayan Climbing Trekking in NepalTrekking in the Everest Region

Into Thin Air - the Everest DisasterClimbing High - the Everest Disaster On Top of the World - climbing the 14 highest mountains On Top of the World - Rebecca Stephens Seven Summits - Quest to reach the highest peaks Seven Summits Eric Shipton - Everest and beyondEdmund Hillary - View from the SummitKurt Diemberger OmnibusChris Bonington's Everest History of Mountain ClimbingEverest: The West Ridge Return to Everest - DVD Return to Everest - Video Lost on Everest - Video Conquest of Everest

Everest: Summit of Achievement Everest: 50th Anniversary VolumeEverest: Alone at the SummitThe Villain: Life of Don WhillansLeft for Dead: Journey Home from EverestTrekking in the Everest RegionEverest: A Trekkers Guide The Climb - Anatoli Boukreev

Tilman: The 7 Mountain Travel BooksMountaineering: Freedom of the Hills Rope Techniques: The complete guideHistory of Mountain ClimbingBelow another Sky by Rick RidgewayFacing Up; A journey to the summit of EverestEverest: To the Top Coronation Everest

Maps and guides from Maps Worldwide All 14 Eight-Thousanders: Reinhold Messner

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