

30 August 2008
Manaslu Expedition by Helicopter
Mount Manaslu (8163m.) was first climbed in 1956 by a Japanese expedition. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word manias, meaning "intellect" or "soul". It is the same root word as that for Manasarover, the holy lake near Mount Kailash in Tibet . Just as the British considered Everest their mountain, Manaslu has been always regarded as the "Japanese mountain" by the Japanese; because of the Japanese people's first conquered on its top.

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 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 & 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 that 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 is one of the very renowned lovely mountains in the world to which, many foreigner enthusiast to climb very curiously.
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Itinerary:
27 Aug. 2008 Day 01: arrive Kathmandu & transfer to hotel
28 Aug. 2008 Day 02: Prepare Expedition
29 Aug. 2008 Day 03: Expedition briefing in Ministry of Tourism
30 Aug. 2008 Day 04: Drive Arughat via Dhading
31 Aug. 2008 Day 05: Arughat - Sotikhola 6 hours
01 Sep. 2008 Day 06: Sotikhola - Machhakhola 6/7 hours
02 Sep. 2008 Day 07 Machhakhola - Jagat
03 Sep. 2008 Day 08: Jagat - Ukawa
04 Sep. 2008 Day 09: Ukawa - Ngyak 5/6 hours
05 Sep. 2008 Day 10: Nyak - Namrung 5/6 hours
06 Sep. 2008 Day 11: Namrung - Syalla village
07 Sep. 2008 Day 12 Syalla - Sama village
08 Sep. 2008 Day 13: Sama Village
09 Sep. 2008 Day 14: Sama Village - Manaslu Base camp
10 Sep. - 06 October 2008 Day 15- 41: Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m.
07 Oct. 2008 Day 42: Base camp - Sama village
08 Oct. 2008 Day 43: Sama - Namrung
09 Oct. 2008 Day 44: Namrung - Philim village
10 Oct. 2008 Day 45: Filim -Machakhola
11 Oct. 2008 Day 46: Machakhola - Soti
12 Oct. 2008 Day 47: Soti - Arughat
13 Oct. 2008 Day 48: Arughat drive to drive to Kathmandu
14 Oct. 2008 Day 49: Kathmandu
15 Oct. 2008 Day 50: final Departure
Climbing Equipment List | More Information | More Describe of Itinerary
Cost
Person, USD 22000.00
2 Persons, Per Person USD 12000 .00
3 Persons, Per Person USD 9000.00
4 Persons, Per Person USD 8000.00
5 Persons, Per Person USD 7000.00
6-7 Persons, Per Person USD 6500.00
8-10 Persons, Per Person USD 6000.00
11-12 Persons, Per Person USD 5500.00
Climbing Sherpa guide, Per guide USD 2500.00
Cost includes:
Cost does not include:
Authorization Certificate - Nepal
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We provide Kathmandu - Samagaun - Kathmandu by helicopter above the package