Ecuador's Iván Vallejo also tagged the top of Dhaulagiri yesterday, making him the 14th man to climb all the 8,000-meter peaks—and the seventh to do them without supplementary oxygen. With the list of male 8,000-ers growing so long—and the first American, Ed Viesturs, having already completed the quest—Himalayan fans' attention has turned to the “race” among women.
Read the report by Dougald MacDonald at Climbing.com.
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