The North Face of Meru Central Peak had been first ascended in 2001 by Russian alpinist Valeri Babanov, on his second attempt, in a truly impressive 5-day solo climb which, unsurprisingly, netted him ...
Yet it's a peak known across vast swathes of the ... refer to it as the mythical Mount Meru, the central axis of the universe. It is forbidden to summit the natural giant for fear that this ...