Manaslu Peak Climbing Marks 70 Years

Gorkha. 70 years have been completed for climbing Manaslu Himal. In this period, 3,643 climbers have climbed this peak, the eighth in the world and seventh in Nepal.

For the first time on May 9, 1956, Japanese citizen Toshio Imanishi and Indian citizen Gyalzen Norgay Sherpa succeeded in touching 8,163 meters high Manaslu. The Department of Tourism has informed that the first Nepali climber Urken Tshering Sherpa made a successful ascent of Manaslu for the first time on April 22, 1973.

On the occasion of completing 70 years of starting to climb Manaslu Himal, special programs were recently organized in Gorkha and Pokhara. In the ceremony organized by Chumanubri Rural Municipality in collaboration with the Nepal Mountaineering Association and Manaslu Conservation Area Project, statues of the first climber of Manaslu, Japanese citizen Toshio Imanishi, and the first Nepali climber Urgen Tshering Sherpa were unveiled.

On that occasion, Gandaki Province Chief Minister Surendraraj Pandey, Rural Municipality Chief Nima Lama, and others honored the son of the first climber Kunio Imanishi, grandson Rasoyuke Imanishi, and Nepali climber Urgen's son Tshering Sherpa by presenting them with certificates and shawls. Also, the first climber Mingmar Tshering Lama and other climbers Nangsial Chedden and Diki Lama from Samagaun of Chumanubri-1, located in the lap of Manaslu, were honored.

A 3D photo of Manaslu Himal was unveiled at the program organized by the Mountaineering Association in Pokhara.