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Machhapuchhare as seen from Poon Hill, Nepal. This peak stands 6993 meters tall and commands a tremendous vertical relief in a short horizontal distance.Machhapuchhare is revered by the local population as particularly sacred to the god Shiva, and hence is off-limits to climbing.
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