Mt Manaslu. File photo
KATHMANDU: At least 21 climbers successfully climbed the world’s eighth highest peak in an alpine style this autumn, according to the expedition organiser.
Managing Director Chatur Kumar Tamang at Makalu Extreme Treks & Expedition informed that 25 expedition members along with 7 climbing Sherpas stood atop Mt Manaslu last month. “Among the team members, 21 climbers scaled the mountain without obtaining support from high altitude workers,” he said, adding that most of them were Russian climbers.
Russian climbers including Oksana Morneva, Ivan Aristov , Aznaur Akkaev, Gennady Dolgov, Andrei Glush kov, Pavel Chernov, Andrei Dergachev, Iurii Panov, Oleg …read more
Source: The Himalayan Times
