Mt. Manaslu Expedition

Detailed Itinerary

Day 01:Arrival Kathmandu.

Day 02:Kathmandu for official procedure and necessary arrangements.

Day 03:Final preparation for the expedition in Kathmandu.

Day 04:Drive to Arughat 950m. Overnight in lodge.

Day 05:Trek to Sotikhola. Overnight in lodge.

Day 06:Trek to Machhakhola. Overnight in lodge.

Day 07:Trek to Jagat. Overnight in camp

Day 08:Trek to Dang. Overnight in camp.

Day 09:Trek to Namrung. Overnight in camp.

Day 10:Trek to Lho Overnight in camp.

Day 11:Trek toSama Gaon 3250m. Overnight in camp.

Day 12:Rest day for acclimatization. Overnight in Camp

Day 13:Trek to Manaslu base camp 4710m.

Day 14 - 36:Climbing period.

Day 37:Cleaning up base camp.

Day 38:Trek back to Sama Gaon. Overnight in camp.

Day 39:Trek toNamrung. Overnight in Camp.

Day 40:Trek to Fillim. Overnight in camp.

Day 41:Trek to Machhakhola. Overnight in camp.

Day 42:Trek to Arughat. Overnight in lodge.

Day 43:Drive back to Kathmandu.

Day 44:Kathmandu.

Day 45:Departure from Kathmandu.

Equiment Checklist

Personal Equipments:

• Down sleeping bag, down jacket/trouser
• Climbing boot double best company
• Ice-axe with ice hammer, crampons
• Harness, get up, snow glass, slings
• Main rope, Ice crew, sable small, mattress,
• Carabiners, helmet, pulleys and ascenders
• Wind proof jacket & trouser, water bottle
• Down and wind proof trouser, nuts, camp device
• Woolen glove, wind mask, Shocks, medicine, eight finger, knife

Group Equipments:

• Fixed rope, main rope, medicine
• Oxygen, mask and regulator
• Climbing tents, food, fuel, light

Trip Essential Information

Expedition preparation

After completing all the logistic of the expedition, we start the dreamed journey from Katmandu with a private reserved bus to Gorkha. Few days trek in lower brings you to the Base Camp and set the camps. According to the client’s fitness, weather condition we'll be climbing up and down the mountain several times, acclimatizing and stocking the higher camps.

Introduction and briefing

On our all expedition, we give a short brief about the trip in Kathmandu on the same day of your arrival and introduce your trip guide and team members. At the mean time, we provide an opportunity for individuals to ask questions if any about the trip.

Expedition Itinerary

The given itinerary is not a fixed program but is intended to give an indication of the likely events during the expedition. It is always advised to have a flexible plan in order to take the best advantage of situations. As the nature of mountaineering on 8,000m and above peaks, it will be necessary to changes to the itinerary maximising the benefit for the team members to ensuring your success on the mountains.

Climbing requirements

Any member in the team should have enough previous high-altitude and general mountaineering experience to climb 8,000m mountain so that it will ensure that the team members are physically, mentally and technically suitably prepared with reasonably self-sufficient for moving between camps unsupervised. Team member’s interest, co-operation, communication or sharing the idea and decision making as per the situation effects the team and summit attempt. And ability/skill of using gears and working on crevasse rescue techniques.  So if you meet above requirements you can join this fully supported expedition.

Local supporting staffs

Every fully supported expedition, we provide an experience Sherpa climbing guides and other high altitude assistants for load-carrying, base camp establishment and stocking of camps. These Sherpas have many ascents of 8,000m peaks in the Nepalese Himalaya accompanying the team for summit attempt.

Oxygen supply

We advice to take at least 6 bottles of oxygen for above camp two to increase the speed further climb. Oxygen should be latest with most advanced oxygen mask to ensure efficient delivery, such that little oxygen is wasted, and you benefit as best as possible from carrying the additional weight of the cylinder. The oxygen can be purchased in Kathmandu as well as there are advanced supplying stores.

Medical supply

There should be a supply of oxygen at base camp for medical emergencies for the climbers and crews. We supply a comprehensive first aid kit during the expedition and a portable hyperbolic chamber which will be kept during the climb at the base camp or advance base camps.

Communications

We provide satellite, hand-held telephones during the expedition, for use anywhere in Nepal - including the mountain, whether base camp or summit! We suggest to you’re your own satellite that has a broadband data connection and laptop for Internet access.

So there is possibility of communication during the expedition between all climbers.

Equipments

Good quality and enough climbing equipments are most important for a successful summit attempt. We provide all group equipments like ropes, fixing gear, tents, stoves and fuel. Climbers need to provide your own personal equipment like Ice axe, Crampons,

Harness, Figure 8 Descender, Helmet, Prussik loops, Ascender, 3 x tape slings, 4 x screwgate karabiners, Five season sleeping bag,  Down suit or duvet/salopette combination and Double HA Mountaineering Boots (La Sportiva Olympus Mons, Millet Everest or Scarpa Phantom 8000 etc).

Insurance

We suggest and t is a condition of travelling with us that you must be fully insured, including emergency evacuation air rescue services and all medical expenses. You decide and choose what amount and types of is insurance is suitable for your trip nature as some does buy cancellation and only for certain period of time. It is sometimes possible to get insurance for 8000m and above peaks through the National alpine club; the BMC in the UK and American Alpine Club offer particularly good packages.