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Australian mountaineer Pepper successfully climbs Mt Manaslu without supplementary oxygen

September 28, 2023

Kathmandu, Sept 28: An Australian mountaineer Allie Pepper has successfully climbed Mt Manaslu without supplementary oxygen. 

Pepper reached atop the world's 8th tallest peak (8163m) alongside Mingtemba Sherpa, a mountain guide, who has successfully ascended many mountains (he reached the top of Mount Everest five times, Annapurna once, Manaslu five times including this, K2 twice and Broad Peak once).

As a part of Seven Summit Treks Manaslu Exped. 2023 Autumn, she ascended the true summit of Mt Manaslu at 9:30am today. The true summit is the last short section of the mountain. The true summit is 6-7 metres higher than the fore summit.

Grown up in Australia's largest climbing area, the Blue Mountains, Pepper with 23 years of climbing experience has many feats of climbing mountains. In 2007, she successfully climbed Cho Oyu (8188m), the sixth highest mountain in the world without the use of supplementary oxygen. It took her eight days for the completion of the summit, which was her first 8000m expedition. She reached the top of Mt Everest and the fore-summit of Manaslu. In April, 2022, she successfully ascended Annapurna I, becoming the third Australian to achieve the feat of climbing Annapurna I, the most dangerous of all the fourteen 8000m peaks.

On May 24, 2023, she reached a height of 8450m on Mt Everest without oxygen. This is the highest altitude that any Australian woman has been without supplementary oxygen, it has been reported. 

Her ascent of mountains over 5000m includes:

S.NO.

Peak Name

Height (meters)

Country

Dates

1

Ama Dablam

6812m

Nepal

October 2022

2

Annapurna 1

8091m

Nepal

April 2022

3

Lobuche East

6119m

Nepal

April 2011, April 2017

4

Imja Tse (Island Peak)

6189m

Nepal

April 2008, April 2017

5

Aconcagua

6962m

Argentina

January 2007, February 2007, February 2014, January 2017, February 2017, February 2019

6

Cerro Vallecitos

5435m

Argentina

February 2017

7

Manaslu fore-summit

8159m

Nepal

May 2012

8

Mt Everest

8848m

Nepal

May 2011

9

Mera Peak

6476m

Nepal

May 2008

10

Cho Oyu

8188m

Tibet

May 2007 (without supplementary oxygen)

11

Aconcagua

6962m

Argentina

February 2004, December 2004, January 2005, February 2005

12

Maparaju

5326m

Peru

August 2004

13

Artesonraju

6025m

Peru

August 2004

14

Huascaran Norte

6664m

Peru

July 2004

15

Vallunaraju

5686m & 5600m

Peru

August 2003, July 2004

16

La Esphinge

5650m

Peru

August 2003

17

Ishinca

5530m

Peru

July 2003

18

Cerro Franke

4880m

Argentina

October 2002

19

Alpamayo

5947m

Peru

August 2002

20

Toclaraju

6032m

Peru

July 2002

21

Urus

5420m

Peru

July 2002, July 2003

22

Chopicalchi

6345m

Peru

July 2002

23

Pisco

5752m

Peru

July 2002

24

Cerro Ramada

6384m

Argentina

February 2001

25

Cerro Plata

5958m

Argentina

January 2001, March 2007

26

Aconcagua

6962m

Argentina

December 2000

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