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Makalu [4] (Nepali: मकालु हिमाल, romanized: Makālu himāl; Chinese: 马卡鲁峰; pinyin: Mǎkǎlǔ Fēng) is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) AMSL.
Makalu Barun National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of Nepal that was established in 1992 as the eastern extension of Sagarmatha National Park.It is the world's only protected area with an elevation gain of more than 8,000 m (26,000 ft) enclosing tropical forest as well as snow-capped peaks.
The Barun Valley is part of a huge international protected area under an agreement between Nepal and China. Plants like Swertia Barunensis (4200m) and Potentilla Makaluensis (4000 m) nomenclature under the name of river Barun and Mt. Makalu are found only in this area in the entire world. 87 Himalayan medical herbs including Yasrha Gumba and ...
Makālu (Nepali: मकालु) nearest the Arun River and along the Nepal-China border including Makalu 8463m, Chomo Lonzo 7790m south of the Kama valley in Tibet, Kangchungtse or Makalu II 7678m, Peak 7199 and some ten others over 6000 metres. Barun (Nepali: बरुण, Baruṇa) inside Nepal and south
India • Nepal: 1955: Third highest peak in the world, Easternmost 8000m peak [5] 4 Lhotse "South Peak" 8,516 27,940 610 2.7 Mahalangur: Nepal • China: 1956: Part of Everest massif 5 Makalu "The Great Black" 8,485 27,838 2,378 17.2 Mahalangur
The Great Himalaya Trail is a route across the Himalayas from east to west. The original concept was to establish a single long distance trekking trail from the east end to the west end of Nepal that includes a total of roughly 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) of path.
1980 Makalu, Nepal. Roskelley became the first American to climb the world's fifth highest mountain. He was the only one in a team of four from Spokane to reach the summit. The American Alpine Journal called the ascent "one of the ten outstanding alpinist achievements of the 20th century". [8] 1982 Cholatse, Nepal. Cholatse is a landmark peak ...
The route holds magnificent views of Shisha Pangma to Cho Oyu, Everest, Makalu, and Lhotse. A mountain guide quoted by National Geographic on the opening of the paved road called it "one of the coolest roads I’ve seen anywhere on the planet". Since the road ends at the tourist base camp, it has spurred a large increase in tourism to the area.