INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 24A team of international climbers and Sherpas from the 14 Peaks
Expedition has successfully reached the true summit of Mt
Manaslu today morning, according to Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, CEO of 14 Peaks Expedition.
35 including oldest Chinese, legendary
Sherpa climbers from 8K scale Manaslu
China's Xi Jinping to visit Russia
next month for the BRICS summit
Among the
summiteers were climbers from several countries, including China, Switzerland, the USA, Russia, and India, alongside the Sherpa team from
Nepal.Shutong Han from China and Sona Sherpa from Makalu, Sankhuwasabha, were the first to reach the summit at 4:30 AM.
Shortly after, at 4:45 AM, Swiss climber Annemie Ruth Kostezer, along with Americans Jeremiah Michael Cahow and William Dean Cahow, joined
the summit alongside Phunuru Sherpa, Ang Karma Sherpa, Ming Sona Sherpa, and Tshering Tendi Sherpa, all from Solukhumbu, Nepal.By 5:30 AM,
Indian climber Angad Grewal and Nepal's Dawa Chhiring Sherpa had also reached the peak.The final group, which included Russian climbers
Vladimir Kotlyar, Anastasiia Giliazova, Aleksei Kozlov, and Kseniia Abramova, along with Sherpas Tashi Sherpa, Pemba Chhombi Sherpa, and
Mingma Jangbu Sherpa, summited at 7:00 AM."We are incredibly proud of our international climbers and Sherpa team for this remarkable
achievement," Sherpa said.
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