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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]
Pages in category "Deaths on mountains" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. M. Duncan MacPherson; T.
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In a 2012 documentary, [16] Bob McKeown travels to Nepal and pieces together what happened, including video of Shah-Klorfine's final hours on Everest. Shah-Klorfine has been noted as a case of the pros and cons of risk taking. [17] The Vancouver Sun noted that dangerous adventures can offer achievement but that danger can also result in death. [17]
February 12, 2024 at 8:14 AM CBC News A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing five people, including three children who were pulled dead from a burning car in Manitoba, Canada, police said.
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.
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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