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looks like its seen some use, still a good deal IMO
Doggggboy
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Good luck with the solo climb.
Sounds terrifying.
Good luck with the climb and have a safe trip.
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
The terrifying part usually sinks in when I am on the plane.
And really sinks deep when I look at the mountain for the first time from the BC at around 4800m.
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
So...don't go to the wrong peak?
"Manaslu has been identified as being one of the most problematic eight-thousanders for summit verification. Like Shishapangma, Manaslu has a false summit that is separated from the true summit by a long and dangerous sharp corniced ridge.[51] A 2021 investigation by a team of international experts that was reported in the American Alpine Journal, estimated that the vast majority of climbers who claimed to have summitted Manaslu, had not in fact stood on the true peak.[52]"
Tom Kitta
Ultra Member
Essentially what happens is that you are on a long snow slog. At the end of the snow slog there is a small sharp ridge that in the spring has no snow, but in the autumn, when 90% of people climb (due to 90% of people being guided and all guides being busy with Everest in the spring) there is a lot of snow after monsoon season on this small ridge creating rather dangerous path. So Sherpa knowing clients are expecting just a snow slog stopped at the "pre-summit" which is like less than 5m tall then true summit and around 30 to 50m away.
However in 2021 someone pointed out that they are missing the whole technical aspect of the summit and are essentially skipping the hard part - it is acceptable to not get to the true summit if say the summit is just another pile of rocks on say a football field sized "summit area" - whatever it is this pile of rocks or the next one to it - not a big deal. But here it was not the case - people took pictures at the "summit" with the actual summit in the background - it was clear they were not at the top and they were not going to the top as it was "too hard".
So, the new rules say, you have to actually get to the summit to say you ... got to the summit. This is actually not such a big deal as it was painted as - you have to go down about 10m, traverse of around 50m and go up 15m. Safer then the knife edge.
