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MANASLU EXPEDITION |
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Celebrating the 50th Anniversary
of the First ascent of Mt. Manaslu 2006
International Manaslu 8,163m Expedition
Best Season : Autumn
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. |
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Itinerary of Manaslu Expedition in
Detail |
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Days 01 :
Arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel |
Days 02 - 03 :
Prepare Expedition & Briefing. |
Days 05 :
Drive to Gorkha |
Days 06 :
Gorkha Khanchock |
Days 07 :
Khanchok - Arughat |
Days 08 :
Arughat Sotikhola 6 hours |
Days 09 :
Sotikhola Machhakhola 6/7hrs |
Days 10 :
Machhakhola Jagat
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Days 11 :
Jagat Ukawa |
Days 12 :
Ukawa Ngyak 5/6 hours
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Days 13 :
Nyak Namrung 5/6 hours
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Days 14 :
Namrung Syalla village
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Days 15 :
Syalla - Sama village |
Days 16 :
Sama Village |
Days 17 :
Sama Village Manaslu BC |
Days 18 - 44 :
Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m. |
Days 45 :
Base camp Sama village |
Days 46 :
Sama Namrung |
Days 47 :
Namrung Philim village |
Days 48 :
Filim Machakhola |
Days 49 :
Machakhola Soti |
Days 50 :
Soti Arughat |
Days 51 :
Arughat Dhading & drive to Kathmandu |
Days 52 - 54 :
Kathmandu |
Days 55 :
Final Departures. |
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