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Makalu search team waits for weather window to resume rescue operation
20 January 2026Search and rescue efforts on Mt. Makalu have been temporarily suspended as teams at base camp await an improvement in weather conditions, expedition organiser Makalu Adventure said in its latest update issued today.Search and rescue efforts on Mt. Makalu have been temporarily suspended as teams at base camp await an improvement in weather conditions, expedition organiser Makalu Adventure said in its latest update issued today.
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Climbing‘Nothing Is Impossible’: Hari Budha Magar shares Seven Summits world record achievement
18 January 2026Adaptive mountaineer and disability rights advocate Hari Budha Magar has completed the Seven Summits, becoming the first person with a double above-knee amputation to climb the highest peaks on all seven continents.
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Winter ascent tragedy: 8K Expeditions mobilises four climbers for search and recovery on Makalu
17 January 2026A team of Sherpa climbers from 8K Expeditions arrived at Makalu Base Camp this morning to conduct a search and recovery operation for climbers reported dead and missing above 7,000 meters on the world’s fifth-highest mountain.
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Makalu Winter Ascent: Sherpa climber dies, Iranian Alpinist missing
16 January 2026A Sherpa climber has died and an Iranian alpinist is missing on Mt. Makalu after a team from Makalu Adventure reportedly reached the summit of the world’s fifth-highest mountain.
