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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.
Glacier on Makalu Makalu Makalu 3D. 1955 North Face to Northeast Ridge FA by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy of France. [6] 1970: Southeast Ridge FA of ridge attempted by the Americans in 1954, [7] was made by Y. Ozaki and A. Tanaka from Japan on May 23. [8] 1971: The very technical West Pillar route was climbed in May by Frenchmen B. Mellet and Y ...
At 8,485 metres (27,838 ft) Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain in the world and an eight-thousander. [web 1] Chomo Lonzo (7,804 metres (25,604 ft) [web 2]), is on a ridge northeast of Kangchungtse and due north of Makalu. [1] Makalu is generally in the shape of a four-sided pyramid with its faces scooped out in vast cirques. Of its four ...
This valley lies along the trekking route to Makalu Base Camp. This somewhat difficult yet extremely rewarding trek offers a true wilderness experience in the rugged uninhabited terrain of Makalu-Barun National Park. These days there are lodges above Tashigaon till the Base Camp, so one does not need to take camping gear, food and fuel further on.
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Gau Ming-Ho (Chinese: 高銘和; pinyin: Gāo Mínghé; born 1949), also known as Makalu Gau after the 5th highest peak in the world, is a Taiwanese mountaineer. He was a leader of a Taiwanese expedition to Mount Everest during the 1996 Mount Everest disaster.
Solitaire: Pyramid. Remove Kings or pairs of cards whose combined values equal 13. By Masque Publishing
Chomo Lonzo (Chinese: 珠穆隆索峰; pinyin: Zhūmùlóngsuǒ Fēng) is a mountain in Tibet, 5 km northeast of Makalu in the Mahalungur (Mohalingor) or Khumbu Himalayas. Alternate spellings of the same name include Chomolonzo, Chomolönzo, Chomo Lönzo, Jomolönzo, and Lhamalangcho.