A contingent of mountaineers from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has scaled Mount Makalu, the world's fifth tallest peak located in Nepal, making it a first among the central armed police forces in the India. The China LAC guarding force said in a statement on Friday that the 8,485-metre peak was summitted on April 19. The exercise was part of a twin international expedition to Mount Makalu and Mount Annapurna (8,091m) in Nepal that was flagged off from Delhi on March 21, it said.