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Here's a brief update from the Manaslu team:

Himex Takes Home Manaslu Cricket Trophy

Horizontal Limits

Here comes the rain again

Despite Phurba Tashi’s prediction for better weather with the Buddhist calendar having moved from summer to autumn a couple of days ago, we are still stuck at base camp waiting for the precipitation to finally come to an end. “Well, at least it stopped raining,” said Alan when we woke up to heavy snowfall on Sunday morning.

The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:

Power shortages, musical delights and a cricket match

Singing and praying in the rain

 Despite the change in the weather on Saturday, our Puja day turned out to be a rather wet and grey day with the whole of base camp being engulfed in a huge cloud and visibility being almost zero. However, the bad weather gods did not stop the young Lama from Samagoan perform his ritual for most of the expeditions that are currently camped on the mountain.

The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:

Manaslu vs Everest

On Saturday morning, we were woken to the sound of gear sorting and when I looked out of my tent at 6am I saw the Sherpas heading up the hill towards Camp I. “They are going back up to carry more tents and sleeping bags to Camp I and I guess each Sherpa is carrying a load of about 25kg,” Russell said when I joined him and Ellen having their early morning coffee.

The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:

Old school climbing gear and an outing to Camp I

The following blog is courtesy of Billi Bierling, Himalayan Experience:

Secrets, Songs and Salted Plums

Manaslu Base Camp (4,700m), 8 September 2010 – Tuesday saw another rainy day and most of the Himex members and crew were tucked up in their tents, reading a book, writing their journals or just listening to the pounding of the rain on their tent walls. Even our hardworking Sirdar Phurba Tashi, who always finds things to do, said he was bored as there was nothing anyone could do in the pouring rain.