Mount Manaslu 8163meter, was first climbed in 1953 by a Japanese team north face expedition. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word "manias", meaning "intellect" or "soul". Just as the British considered Everest their mountain, Manaslu 8163 meter has been always regarded as the "Japanese mountain" by the Japanese; because of the Japanese people's first conquered on its top.
Manaslu, HW Tillman, and Jimmy Roberts photographed Manaslu during a trek in 1950. But the first real survey of the peak was made by a Japanese expedition in 1952. A Japanese team made the first serious attempt on the peak from the Budi 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 & refused to let the 1954 expedition climb. The expedition set off to climb Ganesh Himalayan 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 animosity and mistrust. The second successful Japanese expedition was in 1971. There was a South Korean attempt in 1971, and in April 1972 an avalanche killed five climbers. And 10 Sherpas ended the second made the fourth ascent of mount Manaslu, as a member of a Tyrolean expedition that climbed from the Marshyangdi valley in 1972. So Manaslu 8163meter is one of the very renowned lovely mountains in the world to which many foreigner enthusiasts to climb very curiously.
Itinerary
- Day 01: Arrival at Kathmandu airport & transfer to hotel
- Day 02: Preparation & briefing in tourism department
- Day 03: Drive from Kathmandu to Besisahar & lodge
- Day 04: Drive to Dharapani 1300m-5 Hrs. stay lodge
- Day 05: Trek to Tilje ( 2300m) night staying in Lodge
- Day 06: Trek to Bhimtang (3590m.) 6 Hrs. stay lodge
- Day 07: Rest, acclimatization day in Bhimtang, lodge
- Day 08: Cross Larkya La 5215m. trek to Shamdo lodge
- Day 09: Trek to Sama Gaon village3780m.3 Hrs. lodge
- Day 10: Trek to Manaslu Base Camp (4700m) .set camp
- Day 11-32: climbing period Mt. Manaslu 8163m.
- Day 33: Preparation to return to Kathmandu; Clean BC
- Day 34: Trek back to Sama Gaon (village) staying lodge
- Day 35: Trek to Namrung (2550m-5 Hrs.), staying lodge
- Day 36: Trek to Philim village 2300m-6hrs. Staying lodge
- Day 37: Trek to Machha Khola (1330m) staying in lodge
- Day 38: Trek to Soti Khola Drive to Arughat 950m lodge
- Day 39: Drive to Kathmandu, 7 hours; & hotel B.B. Plan
- Day 40: D-Briefing, typical farewell dinner in Kathmandu
- Day 41: Transfer to the KTM airport for final departure