
Mount Mannaslu 8163meter, It was first climbed in 1953 by a Japanese team north face expedition. Its name comes from the Sanskrit word manias, meaning "intellect" or "soul". It is the same root word as that for Mansarovar, the holy lake near Mt. Kailash in Tibet. 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 Sama gaon told them the first team had been responsible for an avalanche that destroyed a monastery & refused to let the 1954 expedition to 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 8163meter is one of the very renowned lovely mountains in the world to which many foreigner enthusiasts to climb very curiously.
Itinerary:
07 April 2013 Day 01: Arrive Kathmandu 1300 meter & transfer to hotel
08 April 2013 Day 02: Prepare Expedition
09 April 2013 Day 03: Expedition briefing in Ministry of Tourism
10 April 2013 Day 04: Drive Arughat – Camping
11 April 2013 Day 05: Arughat - Liding 4 hours – Camping
12 April 2013 Day 06: Liding - Machhakhola 5/6 hours – Camping
13 April 2013 Day 07 Machhakhola - Pungpu (Thulo Dhunga) 6 hours – Camping
14 April 2013 Day 08: Pungpu - Philim 5/6 hours - Camping
15 April 2013 Day 09: Philim - Bihiphhedi 5/6 hours - Camping
16 April 2013 Day 10: Bihiphhedi - Namrung 5/6 hours - Camping
17 April 2013 Day 11: Namrung - Syalla village - Camping
18 April 2013 Day 12 Syalla - Sama village - Camping
19 April 2013 Day 13: Sama Village –Camping
20 April 2013 Day 14: Sama Village - Manaslu Base –camping
21 April -1 May 2013 Day 15 - 41: Climbing Period for Manaslu 8163m.
19 May 2013 Day 42: Base camp - Sama village – Camping
20 May 2013 Day 43: Sama - Namrung village – Camping
21 May 2013 Day 44: Namrung - Philim village – Camping
22 May 2013 Day 45: Filim -Machakhola – Camping
23 May 2013 Day 46: Machakhola - Soti – Camping
24 May 2013 Day 47: Soti - Arughat – Camping
25 May 2013 Day 48: Drive to Kathmandu
26 May 2013 Day 49: Kathmandu
27 May 2013 Day 50: final Departure
04 Persons, Per Person USD 7500
05 Persons, Per Person USD 7000
06-07 Persons, Per Person USD 6500
08-12 Persons, Per Person USD 5500
13-15 Persons, Per Person USD 5000
Per Climbing Sherpa guide USD 2500
4 Nights hotel in Kathmandu with bed & Breakfast- tourist standard
PERSONAL equipment for trekking & climbing