Team CMI is now preparing for 3 weeks hiking around Manaslu.
We will climb to base camp and reach 17,000 feet. October 2016 before heading over the Larkya La (pass). Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world reaching 8,163 metres (26,781 ft) above sea level. It is located in the a part of the Nepalese Himalayas known as the Mansiri Himal. Manaslu means “mountain of the spirit” in Nepalese comes from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning “intellect” or “soul”. Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956 by Toshio Imanishi. Our expedition will start a few kilometres from the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake that devastated much of the country.
