Word: makalu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been easy. Last month Messner made three separate attempts to conquer Makalu (27,765 ft.). On his last try, he told TIME in a radio interview from base camp, "you could do 20 to 25 steps, and you had to stop for a while and breath deeply ten to 20 times." Last week's triumph on Lhotse * took only one attempt. Delayed an hour by adverse weather conditions, Messner and Partner Hans Kammerlander gained the summit with a moderating wind at their backs...