INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 19At least nine persons including record-holding climbers today
scaled the world's eighth highest peak.
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According to Mingma Sherpa,
Chairman at Seven Summit treks, nine climbers including three foreigners from SST reached the summit point of Mt Manaslu this morning.SST's
Expedition Director Chhang Dawa Sherpa along with Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Josette Valloton, Rinji Sherpa and Ming Sona Sherpa stood atop the
true summit of Mt Manaslu at around 7:10 am.
Chhang Dawa, member of the Board of Directors, Expedition Manager, and Team
Leader of Seven Summit Treks is the second person among Nepali who successfully summited 14 8000ers
He was the youngest climber to complete 14 peaks at the age of 30 in 2014
He also led the first successful K2 Winter Expedition, Kristin Harila and Tenjing Sherpa's (Lama) record-breaking speed ascent of 14 peaks
(92 days), and was involved in the miraculous rescue of Indian climber Anurag Maloo who was stranded in a deep crevasse in Annapurna
I.Renowned Japanese woman climber Naoko Watanabe along with Keizo Konishi and Nawang Thinduk Sherpa also scaled Manaslu, according to Sherpa
To date, Naoko has conquered 13 of the 14 peaks over 8,000 meters, with Shisha Pangma remaining as the only one left to complete the 14
"She will leave for Shisha Pangma next week," Sherpa shared.
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://thehimalayantimes.com
