On Friday 17 October Vincent Anderson from America and Marko Prezelj from Slovenia climbed Kangchungtse (7678m), otherwise known as Makalu 2, via a new route up the unclimbed West Face. The duo are in ...

It's not exactly alpine style up a new route, but Vassiliy Pivtso, 49, and his small team will try to make their Makalu climb ...

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He made several of these climbs solo or by new routes, without external support. But Lafaille’s brilliant career ended on 8,485m Makalu in January 2006. During a solo winter attempt, he disappeared.

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The good weather spell that started last week seems to be holding out enabling many mountaineers to reach the various summits including Everest and Makalu. Jean-Christophe Lafaille and Inurrategi ...