October 13, 2011
In 2007, after 10 years of guiding rock, alpine, and ski terrain around the world full-time, I decided to attempt my first 8,000 meter peak by guiding Cho Oyu with Himalayan Experience and the legendary Russell Brice. If I was going to guide the 8,000 meter peaks, I knew I wanted to do it with the best. In 2007 we were ultimately unsuccessful due to big storms and lots of wind. Then, in...
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October 10, 2011
Back in Kathmandu
First of all, Himalayan Experience would like to apologise for getting the numbers of this season’s Manaslu summiteers slightly wrong. In our last newsletter, we stated that 46 people had reached the summit of the eighth highest peak in the world, however, after our Sirdar Phurba Tashi got back to base camp, we compared figures and noticed that instead of 23 Sherpas, ‘only’ 21...
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October 5, 2011
The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:
Himalayan Experience Summit Success
Within two days, Himalayan Experience has put 46 people on the top of Manaslu, which actually makes up almost 10 percent of the total summits since the eighth highest mountain was first climbed by a Japanese team in 1956. “It turned out to be a good year, even though we were first worried...
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October 4, 2011
Word came today that the first group had summited Manaslu in beautiful weather! The Himex sherpa (led by Dorje today) fixed from C4 to the true summit. The first team included 3 guides (Jaime, Narli and Ryuseki), 9 members including two without oxygen (Billi and Pierre), and 12 sherpa. They have all made their way back to C2 safely. The second group (guided by Adrian and Brian), including...
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