Manaslu (also known as Kutang) is the eighth highest mountain in the world. It is located forty miles east of Annapurna and dominates the Gurkha massif. The mountain’s long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions, and it culminates in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape, and is a dominant feature when seen from afar. This mountain was previously known as Kutan l. ‘tang’ being the Tibetan word for flat place, thereby describing the mountain’s general summit. The name was later changed to Manaslu, which is derived from the Sanskrit word Manasa and can be roughly translated as Mountain of the Spirit.
The first ascent of this peak was in 1956 by T. Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu (Japanese expedition). The peak was not climbed again until 1971 when a Japanese team made the second ascent. It was not until 1997 that Charlie Mace made the first American ascent. There are a half dozen established routes on the mountain today, the south face being arguably the toughest in climbing history. As of 2003, the peak has seen only 240 successful ascents and 52 fatalities, making it the 4th most dangerous 8000m peak, behind Annapurna, Nanga Parbat, and K2.
Day 01: arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel
Day 02: Prepare Expedition
Day 03: Expedition briefing in Ministry of Tourism
Day 04: Drive Arughat via Dhading
Day 05: Arughat – Sotikhola 6 hours
Day 06: Sotikhola – Machhakhola 6/7 hours
Day 07 Machhakhola – Jagat
Day 08: Jagat – Ukawa
Day 09: Ukawa – Ngyak 5/6 hours
Day 10: Nyak – Namrung 5/6 hours
Day 11: Namrung – Syalla village
Day 12 Syalla – Sama village
Day 13: Sama Village
Day 14: Sama Village – Manaslu Base camp
Day 15- 41: Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m.
Day 42: Base camp – Sama village
Day 43: Sama – Namrung
Day 44: Namrung – Philim village
Day 45: Filim -Machakhola
Day 46: Machakhola – Soti
Day 47: Soti – Arughat
Day 48: Arughat drive to drive to Kathmandu
Day 49: Kathmandu
Day 50: final Departure
Mountaineering royalty fee
Realising mountaineering as the back-bone of Nepal’s tourism industry, the Government of Nepal has made following decisions in a bid to make mountaineering royalty fee competitive amongst the neighbouring countries, promote mountains lying in remote and less privileged areas, and create environment to transform the seasonal mountaineering business operational round the year and materialize the concept of ‘Nepal for all Seasons’:
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