Lionel Terray
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Lionel Terray was a French climber who made many first ascents, including on the 1955 French Makalu expedition in the Himalaya and Cerro Fitz Roy in the Patagonian Andes.
Terray's grave in Chamonix
Makalu
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Makalu is the fifth-highest mountain on Earth, with a summit at an elevation of 8,485 metres AMSL. It is located in the Mahalangur Himalayas 19 km southeast of Mount Everest, on the China–Nepal border
Lionel Terray
…1952 - First ascent of Fitz Roy (3,405m) in Patagonia. Climb to Aconcagua (6,960m). 1954 - Reconnoiter of Makalu in Tibet. First ascents of subsidiary summits Kangchungtse and Chomo Lonzo (7,804m). 1955 - Expedition to Makalu, first summit (8,485m), with Jean…
Glacier on Makalu
Makalu
2004 photo mosaic: the Himalayas with Makalu and Mount Everest from the International Space Station, Expedition 8.