INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 25The first ever Australian team on Mt Manaslu has scripted a
history in mountain climbing this season, expedition organiser has claimed.
Legendary climber Mingma Sherpa scales Manaslu
Manaslu records season's first summit as Nims Purja, others
reach real summit
According to expedition leader
Phunuru Sherpa, a team from Australia successfully scaled the real summit of Manaslu this morning becoming the first ever team from
Australia to have reached the top of 8163-metre mountain.The climbers from Australia-based Everest One company reached the summit point at
around 5:00am, Sherpa shared.
Among the climbers, Conor James Coleman, 21, has become the youngest Australian to reach the
At the age of 65, Mark Trevor Ayrey has scaled Manaslu real summit becoming the oldest one to do so, Sherpa shared."Allan Karl Cohrs, Colin
James Briggs, Dawa Tenzing Sherpa, Ang Karma Sherpa and Sonam Tashi Sherpa also scaled the peak being a part of the Aussie team," Tashi
Lakpa Sherpa, Managing Director at 14 Peaks Expedition, said
The team was handled by 14 Peaks Expedition, Sherpa said.
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