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Highlights
- Manaslu is the 8th highest mountain in the world and one of the 14 8,000 meter peaks (8,156 meters).
- Located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas in the west-central part of Nepal.
- Name means "Mountain of the Spirit".
- Manaslu's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a signature peak that towers steeply above the surrounding landscape and is visible from afar.
- Manaslu is about forty miles east of fellow 8,000 meter peak Annapurna.
Latest summits
"This was an interesting climb. I was amazed by how many people understimate the objective hazards of this mountain, including Russel Brice. This is not meant to be a commercial peak. The avalanche danger is too great between C1 and C2, added the combination of the crevasse field. There's no place to hide. This mass migration of commercial outfits is a disaster in the making..." — sherpagirl • Oct 1, 2010