A Harrowing Journey Up the World’s Fifth Highest Mountain

Makalu is the world’s fifth highest mountain—an icy giant 14 miles west of Everest that straddles the border of northeastern Nepal and Tibet. Its four sharp ridges ascend almost vertically toward a 27,765-foot summit that’s formidable to even the most experienced climbers. Since 1955, there have been fewer than 300 recorded attempts to scale it, …

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