INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 20Legendary climber Mingma Sherpa from Makalu, Sangkhuwasabha
today successfully climbed the world's eighth highest mountain in western Nepal."I have reached the real summit of Mt Manaslu along with
Lakpa Temba Sherpa at around 5:45am this morning," Mingma, who is also the chairman of Seven Summit Treks, shared.Mingma, once crowned as
the first South Asian climber to join the 14 8,000er-club, decided to re-attempt to climb Mt Manaslu this season to reach the real summit of
Earlier, Mingma had climbed Manaslu in 2000.
Likewise, youngest Pakistani climber Shehroze Kashif has also scaled the
mountain, said Chhang Dawa Sherpa, expedition Director at SST.Tenjin (Lama) Sherpa, who has already climbed all 14 peaks in a record 92
days, also stood atop the mountain, he added.From SST, Mingma Temba Sherpa and pasang Nurbu Sherpa reached the real summit without using
supplemental oxygen, according to Chhang Dawa.Uta Ibrahimi, Dorothy Lidia, Alasdair Mckenzie, Alina Pekova, Adrian Laza, Moeses Fiamoncini,
Lakpa Nurbu Sherpa, Dawa Sherpa, Chhepal Sherpa, Tenjing Sherpa and Pasang Dawa Sherpa also reached the summit point of Manaslu this
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