In September, there were two special records on the eighth highest mountain in the world: Nima Chhiring Sherpa (16) and Carlos Soria (86) were the youngest and oldest people, respectively, to reach the summit of the 8.163-meter-high Manaslu.
Polish alpinist Bartek Ziemski has once again attempted an eight-thousander descent on skis. He had previously reached the summit of Manaslu without bottled oxygen.
The 8000m winter season is just around the corner and three teams with ambitious goals are in the starting blocks: Alex Txikon is making a second attempt at Annapurna,...
Tyler Andrews has climbed Manaslu (8163m) in a new record time. The day before yesterday, he reached the summit 9 hours and 52 minutes after starting from the base camp...
The Basque mountaineer Alex Txikon succeeds together with the six Nepalese mountaineers Tenjen Sherpa, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Mingtemba Sherpa, Chhepal Sherpa, Pemba Tasi Sherpa and Gyalu Sherpa on a historic winter ascent of the 8163 meter high Manaslu. Almost 40 years have passed since the first summit success in winter. To date, only 22 mountaineers have achieved this enormous feat.
Taiwanese Grace Tseng reached the summit of Manaslu in just 4 hours on October 13th. This makes her the fastest woman to reach the summit of the eight-thousander without oxygen.
