The 1955 French Makalu expedition was the first to successfully climb Makalu, the Himalayan mountain 12 miles (19 km) to the southeast of Mount Everest...

30: Jean Couzy and Terray). Makalu was first summited on May 15, 1955, by Lionel Terray and Jean Couzy of a French expedition led by Jean Franco. Franco...

was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya (with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955) and Cerro...

member of the expedition. On the 1955 French Makalu expedition Couzy made the first ascent of Makalu with Lionel Terray on 15 May 1955. In the Alps, Jean...

became the first people to summit Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world, on the 1955 French Makalu expedition. The entire team of climbers would...

Everest expedition, the first ascent of Mount Everest 1954 Italian expedition to K2 1955 French Makalu expedition 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition 1960...

of Makalu, the fifth-highest mountain in the world, on the 1955 French Makalu expedition. The entire team of climbers reaches the summit over the next...

Lionel Terray (1921–1965) France, first ascents Fitz Roy, Chakrarahu, Jannu and Makalu on the 1955 French Makalu expedition; second ascent Eiger north...

Retrieved 10 June 2016. "French climber dies on Nepal's Mt Makalu". Daily Sun. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024. "Sherpa dies after Makalu summit". Everest...

climbed eight-thousanders in many styles: expeditions (Cho Oyu, Manaslu, Nanga Parbat), two-man alpine (Makalu, Dhaulagiri) and alone (Gasherbrum I, Gasherbrum...

The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the 28,168-foot (8,586 m) Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for...

their Everest expedition. In 1979 the Polish climbers Andrzej Czok and Jerzy Kukuczka reached the summit without supplementary oxygen. Makālu is the fifth...

100 m)) and then attempt the summit of Makalu (27,790 feet (8,470 m)) without oxygen. Hillary estimated the expedition cost at $US120,000 and, after meeting...

The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition set off to explore how it might be possible to get to the vicinity of Mount Everest, to reconnoitre...

the first winter ascent of Makalu via the normal route. Even this venture did not succeed. Not until February 2009 was Makalu successfully climbed in winter...

Diemberger's ascent on Herrligkoffer's expedition was the fourth eight-thousander that he had climbed, his third being Makalu which he had ascended only six months...

for six months. An assault on Makalu, the world's fifth-highest mountain, was unsuccessful. Hillary was with the expedition for five months, although it...

"Spiders of the family Salticidae from the upper slopes of Everest and Makalu" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 3 (5): 132–136....

also accompanied the French expedition which reached the summit of Makalu in 1955 and was the official supplier for expeditions in Alaska organised by...

mountaineering expedition team claimed to have spotted mysterious 'Yeti' footprints, measuring 81 by 38 cm (32 by 15 in), near the Makalu base camp. The...

Moro made the first winter ascent of four eight-thousanders (Shishapangma, Makalu, Gasherbrum II, and Nanga Parbat), while three Polish climbers have each...

to severe storms. In 1993, she went on an expedition to the west face of Makalu with Jeff Lowe and French mountaineering guide, Erik Decamp (who would...

1953, Makalu in 1954 and Kamet (reaching the summit) in 1955. In 1962 he had to be coaxed out of his retirement to be sirdar for an Indian expedition to...

39 (1955) Günter Seyfferth, K2 exploration and first ascents Günter Seyfferth, Cho Oyu exploration and first ascents Günter Seyfferth, Makalu exploration...

and an ill-equipped and ill-prepared expedition, numbering 2,500, was led by Captain Kinlock in 1767. The expedition was a disaster, and the Gorkhali army...

of Birta funds of 1805. He appointed French military officials to modernize the military on the basis of French military ranks and uniforms. Military...