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Makalu is the world's fifth-highest mountain at 8,481 meters (27,825 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 kilometers (12 mi) southeast of Mount Everest on the China–Nepal border. As of December 2024, there had been 800 successful summits of Makalu and 50 deaths on the mountain. [1]
Locations of the world's 14 eight-thousanders, which are split between the Himalayan (right), and the Karakoram mountain ranges (left). The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains recognized by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) as being more than 8,000 metres (26,247 ft) in height above sea level, and sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks.
1st descent of mountain by snowboard (summit to ABC with no rappel) [8] Yes 22 Stefan Gatt Austria 2001 8848 Norton Couloir Snowboard descent was interrupted, complete only from 8848m-8630m and 7600m-6500m due to lack of snow, and had to stop before ABC, thus crediting first complete descent to Siffredi the day after. [9] No 30 Kit DesLauriers
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B. Johannes Theodor Baargeld; John Bachar; Klemens Bachleda; Francis Maitland Balfour; Gary Ball; Tom Ballard (climber) Bronisław Bandrowski; Roger Baxter-Jones
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