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Mount Dhaulagiri is the seventh highest mountain in the world having height of 8167m.

The first successful ascent was made in 1960 via the Northeast side by a Swiss-Austrian team lead by Max Eiselin.

Nims Dai was hung over when he climbed Mt. Dhaulagiri. Although, he climbs it in a single push, passing all four camps above base camp. On the descent, he started to suffer from high altitude pulmonary edema (HACE) and started to trip out. He stumbles into a missing climber and rescues them.

Upon its discovery in 1808, Dhaulagiri was thought to be the world’s highest mountain, displacing Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador.

In 2008, Fredrik Ericsson attempted to make the first ever ski descent of Dhaulagiri.

Many of Dhaulagiri’s snow- and glacier-covered peaks exceed 25,000 feet (7,620 meters). With a south wall that rises vertically some 15,000 feet (4,600 meters), the peak’s steep sides and bitterly cold climate prevented an ascent to the top.

Many of Dhaulagiri’s snow and glacier covered peaks exceed 25,000 feet (7,620 meters). With a south wall that raises vertically about 15, 000 feet (4,600 meters).

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Dhaulagiri’s sudden rise from lower terrain is almost unequaled. It rises 7,000 m (22,970 ft) from the Kali Gandaki River, 30 km southeast.

Name of Dhaulagiri is derived from Sanskrit where it means ‘white beautiful mountain’

As of 2015, there have been 70 climbers fatalities on Dhaulagiri and as of 2017 there have been 358 successful ascents

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