Climbers from around the world have started leaving Kathmandu for Samagaun in Gorkha district to begin their autumn expedition on the world’s eighth-highest peak.
A 20-year-old local porter was found dead inside a tent at Manaslu Base Camp, with poor weather preventing authorities from immediately airlifting his body.
Fifteen aspiring mountain guides have reached the final stage of an internationally accredited professional training programme, with their third and final component now under way at Kangla in Manang.
Nepal’s mountaineering and expedition companies have come together to support victims of the Bhotekoshi disaster in Rasuwa, pooling over Rs 4 million for relief efforts.
Seven Summit Treks (SST), a leading Kathmandu-based trekking and expedition company, has mobilised a team of experienced climbing guides to support search and rescue operations in the flood-affected areas of Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts.
The route to Camp III on Mt Manaslu has been opened and fixed with ropes, clearing the way for climbers to begin acclimatisation rotations and move essential equipment higher up the world's eighth-highest mountain.
Manaslu has set a new record for autumn climbing permits, with 422 climbers from 35 expedition teams receiving permits to attempt the 8,163-metre peak this season, according to the latest Department of Tourism data.
Nepal’s mountains remain open to climbers and trekkers despite the recent devastation in Rasuwa and along the Bhotekoshi corridor, said newly appointed Nepal Tourism Board member Pemba Sherpa from Manaslu Base Camp.
Nepali documentary Road to Everest, which explores mountaineering, the Sherpa community and the impact of climate change on the Himalayas, was screened in Hong Kong on Sunday.
At least 466 foreign climbers, along with over 500 climbing guides, are all set to begin their final summit push on the world's eighth-highest peak this week, after a strong team of rope-fixing climbers prepares to open a climbing route to the top of Mt Manaslu in a day or two, expedition operators said.