Makalu

Makalu is a 8485m peak in the Makalu Himal. The Himalayan Database records 396 expeditions to this peak, with the first ascent in 1955 by Jean Couzy, Lionel Terray.

At 8485m, Makalu is the 5th highest of the 503 peaks in the database with a recorded height — higher than 99% of them. With 396 recorded expeditions, it is the 7th most visited of the 503 peaks.

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Height (m)	Peaks
5,400–5,599 m	3
5,600–5,799 m	10
5,800–5,999 m	15
6,000–6,199 m	87
6,200–6,399 m	83
6,400–6,599 m	80
6,600–6,799 m	76
6,800–6,999 m	46
7,000–7,199 m	33
7,200–7,399 m	19
7,400–7,599 m	15
7,600–7,799 m	12
7,800–7,999 m	8
8,000–8,199 m	7
8,200–8,399 m	1
8,400–8,599 m ← Makalu	7
8,600–8,799 m	0
8,800–8,999 m	1

Expeditions	Peaks
0 expeditions	64
1 expedition	105
2–3 expeditions	123
4–7 expeditions	102
8–15 expeditions	57
16–31 expeditions	27
32–63 expeditions	9
64–127 expeditions	4
128–255 expeditions	2
256–511 expeditions ← Makalu	5
512–1,023 expeditions	2
1,024–2,047 expeditions	2
2,048–4,095 expeditions	1

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Decade	Expeditions	Summits
1930s	1	0
1940s	0	0
1950s	4	9
1960s	2	0
1970s	12	21
1980s	58	34
1990s	68	92
2000s	84	161
2010s	128	250
2020s	39	323

Summits count member records marked as summiting (claimed ascents excluded), by the year of the expedition. The 2020s are still under way.

Peak Details

Records — first ascent of each route, youngest and oldest summiters, and more. Change history — how this peak and its expeditions have changed between database releases.

Expeditions

396 recorded expeditions.