James William Fullalove, or Dan Boon, as he was now known in the climbing world, died in 2008. This appreciation was written by Doug Scott in March 2011. Read more »
Italian Simone Moro and the Kazakh Denis Urubko have just reached the summit of 8,485m Makalu, previously the only 8,000m peak in Nepal not to have received a winter ascent. Their successful climb comes after a dozen or so winter attempts by various parties in almost 30 years. Read more »
High winds stopped Vince Anderson and Marko Prezelj from making any headway with their ambitious alpine style attempt on the West Face of Makalu (8,485m), but they came away with a notable consolation prize; the first direct ascent of the West Face of 7,678m Makalu II. Read more »
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