Manaslu | |
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![]() Manaslu at sunrise. The lower eastern summit appears taller due to foreshortening. | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 8,163 m (26,781 ft)[1] Ranked 8th |
Prominence | 3,092 m (10,144 ft)[2] Ranked 80th |
Listing | Eight-thousander Ultra |
Coordinates | 28°32′58″N 84°33′43″E / 28.54944°N 84.56194°E[1] |
Naming | |
Native name | मनास्लु (Nepali) |
English translation | Mountain of the spirit |
Geography | |
Location | Gorkha District, Manang-Gandaki Province, Nepal |
Parent range | Mansiri Himal, Himalayas |
Climbing | |
First ascent | May 9, 1956, by a Japanese team[3] (First winter ascent 12 January 1984 Maciej Berbeka and Ryszard Gajewski) |
Easiest route | snow/ice climb on NE face |
Manaslu (/məˈnɑːsluː/; Nepali: मनास्लु, also known as Kutang) is the eighth-highest mountain in the world at 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the spirit" and the word is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. It is said that, given the many unsuccessful attempts by the British to climb Everest before Nepali Tenzing Norgay and New Zealander Edmund Hillary, "just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain".[4][5]
Manaslu is the highest peak in the Gorkha District and is about 64 km (40 mi) east of Annapurna, the tenth highest mountain in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545 ft) above sea. Manaslu's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when viewed from afar.[6][5][7][8]
The Manaslu region offers a variety of trekking options. The popular Manaslu trekking route of 177 kilometres (110 mi) skirts the Manaslu massif over the pass down to Annapurna. The Nepalese Government only permitted trekking on this circuit in 1991.[9] The trekking trail follows an ancient salt-trading route along the Budhi Gandaki River. En route, 10 peaks over 6,500 metres (21,325 ft) are visible, including a few over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft). The highest point reached along the trek route is Larkya La at an elevation of 5,106 metres (16,752 ft). As of May 2008, the mountain has been climbed 297 times with 53 fatalities.[10][6][11][needs update]
The Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP) was established in 1997 with the primary objective of achieving conservation and sustainable management of the delimited area, which also includes Manaslu.[12]
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