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Manaslu (8156m) was first climbed in 1956 by a Japanese expedition. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning “intellect” or ” soul” It is the same root word as that for Manasarover, the holy lake near Mt. Kailash in Tibet. Just as the British considered Everest their mountain. Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain.
Overview
Manaslu (8156m) was first climbed in 1956 by a Japanese expedition. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning “intellect” or ” soul” It is the same root word as that for Manasarover, the holy lake near Mt. Kailash in Tibet. Just as the British considered Everest their mountain. Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain.
HW Tillman and Jimmy Roberts photographed Manaslu during a trek in 1950. But the first real ssurvery of the peak was made by a Japanese expedition in 1952.
A Japanese team made the first serious attempt on the peak from the Buri Gandaki valley in 1953. When another team followed in 1954, the villagers of Samagaon told them the first team had been responsible for an avalanche that destroyed a monastery. and refused to let the 1954 expedition climb. The expedition set off to climb Ganesh Himal instead.
Despite a large donation for the rebuilding of the monastery, subsequent Japanese expeditions, including the one that made the first ascent in 1956, took place in an atmosphere of animossity and mistrust. The second successful Japanese expedition was in 1971. There was a South Korean attempt in 1971, and in April 1972 an avalanche that killed five climbers and 10 Sherpas ended the second made the fourth ascent of Manaslu as a member of a Tyrolean expedition that climbed from the Marshyangdi valley in 1972.
Outline Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel
- Day 2
Prepare Expedition & Briefing
- Day 3
Prepare Expedition & Briefing
- Day 4
Drive to Gorkha
- Day 5
Gorkha - Khanchock
- Day 6
Khanchok - Arughat
- Day 7
Arughat - Sotikhola 6 hours
- Day 8
Sotikhola - Machhakhola 6/7hrs
- Day 9
Machhakhola - Jagat
- Day 10
Jagat - Ukawa
- Day 11
Ukawa - Ngyak 5/6 hours
- Day 12
Nyak - Namrung 5/6 hours
- Day 13
Namrung - Syalla village
- Day 14
Syalla - Sama village
- Day 15
Sama Village
- Day 16
Sama Village - Manaslu BC
- Day 17
Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m.
- Day 18
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 19
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 20
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 21
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 22
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 23
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 24
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 25
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 26
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 27
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 28
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 29
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 30
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 31
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 32
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 33
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 34
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 35
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 36
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 37
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 38
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 39
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 40
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 41
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 42
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 43
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 44
Base camp - Sama village
- Day 45
Sama - Namrung
- Day 46
Namrung - Philim village
- Day 47
Filim -Machakhola
- Day 48
Machakhola - Soti
- Day 49
Soti - Arughat
- Day 50
Arughat - Dhading & drive to Kathmandu
- Day 51
Kathmandu
- Day 52
Kathmandu
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