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Mt Makalu golden jubilee celebration

Wednesday - 02nd March 2005


Elevation: 8,463 m (27,765 ft)

Latitude: 27? 53′ 23″ N

Longitude: 87? 05′ 20″ E

Location: Nepal-Tibet

Makalu is the fifth highest mountain in the world and is located 22 km east of Mount Everest. Makalu is an isolated peak whose shape is a four-sided pyramid. Rising just north of the higher summit, separated by a narrow saddle, is Chomo Lonzo (7,818m/25,650') a subsidiary peak of Makalu.

Makalu was first climbed on May 15, 1955 by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy of a French expedition led by Jean Franco, after the team's first attempt failed in 1954. Franco and two other climbers summitted the next day. The French team climbed Makalu by the north face and NE ridge.

The first attempt on Makalu was made by an American team in the spring of 1954. They attempted to reach the top via the SE ridge but were turned back at 7,100 metres by a constant barrage of storms. The first ascent by the SE ridge was made by two climbers from a Japanese expedition on May 23, 1970.

All the mountain lovers must be aware that we had already celebrated successfully Mt. Everest Golden Jubilee Celebration and Mt. Cho-Oyu Golden Jubilee Celebration. Similarly more Golden Jubilee Celebrations are in line ? Mt. Makalu Golden Jubilee Celebration (15 May 2005), Mt. Kanchenjunga Golden Jubilee Celebration (25 May 2005), Mt. Manaslu Golden Jubilee Celebration (9 May 2006), Mt. Lhotse Golden Jubilee Celebration (18 May 2006) and Mt. Dhaulagiri Golden Jubilee Celebration (13 May 2010). These celebrations are not just the sequel of the celebrated two celebrations but a tradition of respecting the world famous mountaineers, a moment of remembering their achievement in the history of mankind and an attempt of following their footsteps. With this, the one and only ambition, we are inviting all the famous Mt. Makalu summiteers to take part in the celebration to mark the first historic ascent of Mt. Makalu. We are in the process of making the celebration- a respect to all the known and unknown summiteers, who created histories, who encountered with death and who become disabled while mountaineering. We need cooperation and coordination from all over world to celebrate the golden jubilee more jubilantly. Therefore, we request all the Mt. Makalu summiteers to fill up the Registration Form available in our website.


Source NMA