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(MountEverest.net) “I don’t want to waste one single minute on Dhaula’s dangerous slopes, Ivan said prior to his third attempt on the peak. But today Ivan summited Dhaulagiri at last, in cold and windy conditions with a lightning storm hitting the upper parts. With his summit, Ivan has entered as climber number 14 on the unique list of people in the world who have scaled all the world's tallest mountains - the fourteen 8000ers. Following Italian Silvio "Gnaro" Mondinelli last year and American Ed Viesturs in 2005, Ivan also became only the...