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SST records the highest summit success on Mt Manaslu in Autumn 2023

September 30, 2023

Kathmandu, Sep 30: The Seven Summit Treks (SST), a pioneering Kathmandu-based trekking and expedition company, has managed more than 113 summiteers to Mt. Manaslu (8163m), the world’s eighth highest peak, for this Autumn climbing season in September 2023 alone. Most of the expeditions had taken place through the Seven Summit Treks and others through its sister organizations - 14 Peaks Expedition and Global Expedition.

Established by four Sherpa brothers, who themselves are mountaineers and have set multiple climbing records, SST has significantly contributed to the trekking and expedition industry in Nepal and remains committed to promoting high-altitude adventure tourism in the Himalayan and Karakoram regions in the world.

SST has been dedicated to promoting adventure tourism in Nepal since its inception in 2010. It specializes in trekking and expeditions. For the past 20 years, it has been organizing expeditions in 8000ers of Nepal, China, and Pakistan. Besides, it offers major logistics in the Himalayan.

About Manaslu

Manaslu also known as Kutang lies in the Mansiri Himal in the west-central part of Nepal. Manaslu means ‘mountain of the spirit’. It is also known as the ‘Killer Mountain of the World’ due to the high fatality rate of climbers and the avalanche risks. The mountain was first climbed on 9 May 1956 by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. Manaslu, the highest peak in Gorkha district, is 64 km east of Annapurna.

The Manaslu region offers a variety of trekking options. The popular Manaslu trekking route of 177 km goes around the Manaslu massif over the pass down to Annapurna. It takes approximately 65 days to climb the peak.

The entry point for the peak is through Dhadingbesi or Gorkha. There are two routes for Mt Manaslu. One begins from Gorkha to the Base Camp through Kalanchowk, Deurali, Gumda, Jagat, Philim, Bihi, Namrung, and Samagaun. The other starts from Dhadingbesi through Arughat, Jagat, Philim, Bihi, Namrung and Samagaun. The total distance of the Gorkha route is 120.6 km, and Dhadingbesi is 120.1 km.

List of Summiteers through SST and its sister organizations:

20 SEP 2023

  1. SHEHROZE KASHIF (PAKISTAN)
  2. FLUTURA IBRAHIMI (ALBANIA)
  3. ADRIAN LAZA (ROMANIA)
  4. DOROTA LIDIA RASINSKA-SAMOCKO (POLAND)
  5. ALASDAIR SCOT MCKENZIE (FRANCE)
  6. ALINA PEKOVA (RUSSIA)
  7. MOESES FIAMONCINI (BRAZIL)
  8. TENJEN SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  9. CHHEPAL SHERPA (PATLE-2, OKHALDHUNGA)
  10. TENJING SHERPA (MAKALU-4, SANKHUWASABHA)
  11. DAWA NURBU SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  12. MINGTEMBA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA) - NO O2
  13. LAKPA NURBU SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)
  14. PASANG DAWA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  15. PASANG NURBU SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA) - NO O2
  16. MINGMA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  17. LAKPA THENDU SHERPA (MAKALU-2, SANKHUWASABHA)

22 SEP 2023

  1. ANDREY KAZAKOV (RUSSIA) - NO O2
  2. CHINJUNG BHOTE (HATIYA-1, SANKHUWASABHA)

23 SEP 2023

  1. JAROSLAW ZDANOWICZ (POLAND) - NO O2
  2. LUKASZ LAGORZNY (POLAND) - NO O2
  3. STEPHANE, JEAN, LUCIEN PFEND (FRANCE)
  4. KENDALL DOUGLAS HAGGARD (USA)
  5. WU ZHOU (CHINA)
  6. LIU YONGQUAN (CHINA)
  7. RAFFAELE BARBOLINI (ITALY) - NO O2
  8. THORBJOERN SOENDERBO PATSCHEIDER (DENMARK)
  9. TRINE STORFAARD (DENMARK)
  10. ENRICO ZAPPA (ITALY)
  11. EMILIANO BOLDI (ITALY)
  12. RUSLAN LAUKART (RUSSIA)
  13. YAN BAHADUR THAPA (THUMI-4, GORKHA)
  14. ANISH TAMANG (SOLUDUDHKUNDA-8, SOLUKHUMBU)
  15. LAKPA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  16. CHHIRING NAMGEL SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-8, SOLUKHUMBU)
  17. DAWA WONGCHU SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-8, SOLUKHUMBU)
  18. TENJING SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  19. PEMBA THENDUK SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  20. DAWA SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)
  21. LAKPA CHHIRI SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-8, SOLUKHUMBU)
  22. MINGMA DORCHI SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  23. PASANG GELJE SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)

24 SEP 2023

  1. ANUM UZAIR (PAKISTAN)
  2. AHMED UZAIR (PAKISTAN)
  3. ROUHOLAH SALAHSHOURIAN (IRAN)
  4. ROBERTO LOPEZ IGLESIAS (SPAIN)
  5. JAKOB URTH (NORWAY) - NO O2
  6. ROBERT AUSTIN SCHMITZ (USA)
  7. BENJAMIN EDWARD LIEBER (USA)
  8. VICTOR VOLODIN (RUSSIA)
  9. NIKOLAI LUKINV(RUSSIA)
  10. NIKOLAI SHIPILOV (RUSSIA)
  11. YANA ZHARKOVA (RUSSIA)
  12. GUOYONG YANG (CHINA)
  13. HONGJUN LIU (CHINA)
  14. LE CHEN (CHINA)
  15. NA LI (CHINA)
  16. ZHENGCHAO GU (CHINA)
  17. PASANG DUKPA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  18. PASANG TENJE SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)
  19. PASANG SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWABHA)
  20. LAKPA TEMBA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  21. SONA SHERPA (CHAPALI BHADRAKALI-9, KATHMANDU)
  22. LAKPA SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  23. TASHI SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  24. LAKPA TENJE SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  25. WONG DORCHI SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  26. NANGPEMBA SHERPA (MAKALU-1, SANKHUWASABH)
  27. KUSANG SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)
  28. KAJI SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)
  29. PEMBA THINDUK SHERPA (MAKALU-5, SANKHUWASABHA)

25 SEP 2023

  1. SEBASTIAN FRIEDRICH GRAF (GERMANY)
  2. SHIMA AFSARI (IRAN)
  3. KWON RAE KIM (REPUBLIC OF KOREA)
  4. ALLAN KARL COHRS (AUSTRALIA)
  5. COLIN JAMES BRIGGS (AUSTRALIA)
  6. CONOR JAMES COLEMAN (AUSTRALIA)
  7. MARK TREVOR AYREY (NEW ZEALAND)
  8. YANGCHU GEXI (CHINA)
  9. LANGRENQING SAN (CHINA)
  10. YANGCHU SANLANG (CHINA)
  11. RANGDANZHEN ZE (CHINA)
  12. LANGJIA ZERANG (CHINA)
  13. NINGNING TAN (CHINA)
  14. YING DONG (CHINA)
  15. YUE HONG (CHINA)
  16. JINGHONG WEI (CHINA)
  17. XIAOFENG JING (CHINA)
  18. FENG DENG (CHINA)
  19. HAIHANG JIN (CHINA)
  20. JIN XU (CHINA)
  21. LIJUN YU (CHINA)
  22. XI CHEN (CHINA)
  23. SHUANGLIU ZHOU (CHINA)
  24. FENG HAN (CHINA)
  25. TARAMAN TAMANG (MAKALU-1, SANKHUWASABHA)
  26. GESMAN TAMANG (SOLUDUDKUNDA-8, SOLUKHUMBU)
  27. GURU BHOTE (HATIYA-3, SANKHUWASABHA)
  28. TASHI SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA)
  29. PHUNURU SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-5, SOLUKHUMBU)
  30. DAWA TENZING SHERPA (NAMCHE-6, SOLUKHUMBU)
  31. ANG KARMA SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-9, SOLUKHUMBU)
  32. SONAM TASHI SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-9, SOLUKHUMBU)
  33. TENDI SHERPA (MakaLu-9, sankhuwasabha)
  34. Dawa Rinje sherpa (MakaLu-5, sankhuwasabha)
  35. Phurba sherpa (MakaLu-5, sankhuwasabha)
  36. Ngima Dorchi sherpa (MakaLu-5, sankhuwasabha)
  37. Phurbu Kusang sherpa (MakaLu-5, sankhuwasabha)
  38. Rima Rinjee Sherpa (Juving-5, Solukhumbu)
  39. Tenging Gyaljen sherpa (Khumbu Pasang Lhamu-4, Solukhumbu)
  40. Dorchi sherpa (MakaLu-1, sankhuwasabha)
  41. Phurba Dorchi sherpa (MakaLU-9, sankhuwasabha)
  42. Dawa sherpa (MakaLU-2, sankhuwasabha)
  43. MINGMA TENJI SHERPA (MAKALU-2, SANKHUWASABHA)

26 SEP 2023

  1. KEITH SCHUYLER DU PREE (USA)
  2. AFSHIN ASGHARZADEHLEDARI (CANADA)
  3. KAMI RITA SHERPA (NAMCHE-7, SOLUKHUMBU)
  4. GELBU LAMA SHERPA (TAKSINDU-5, SOLUKHUMBU)
  5. RIDAR LAMA BHOTE (HATIYA-4, SANKHUWASABHA)
  6. ANGI BHOTE (BHOTKHOLA-3, SANKHUWASABHA)

27 SEP 2023

  1. JORGE EGOCHEAGA RODRIGUEZ (SPAIN) - NO O2
  2. MINGMA GELU SHERPA (MAKALU-4, SANKHUWASABHA)

28 SEP 2023

  1. GEORGE-JUSTIN IONESCU (ROMANIA) - NO O2
  2. LAURA-MIHAELA MARES (ROMANIA) - NO O2
  3. ALESSANDRA KATE PEPPER (AUSTRALIA) - NO O2
  4. ANTONINA SAMOILOVA (UKRAINE)
  5. MINDAGAS STKAUSKAS (LITHUANIA)
  6. MINGTEMBA SHERPA (MAKALU-6, SANKHUWASABHA)
  7. FURA THSERING SHERPA (NAMCHE-7, SOLUKHUMBU)
  8. DENDI SHERPA (MALI-8, DOLAKHA)
  9. FURA JANGBU SHERPA (KHUMJUNG-8, SOLUKHUMBU)

29 SEP 2023

  1. IMAN SHARIFI SHAMILI (IRAN)
  2. MINGMA DORCHI SHERPA (MAKALU-9, SANKHUWASABHA) 2ND SUMMIT

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  1. Easy (E): Climb requires one-day climbs, or a multiday climbs with non-technical elements.
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Czech Republic

Mardi Himal trek. A wonderful trek ideal even for beginners. Wonderful views, great facilities. Our choice for this trek was through our honeymoon. Seven Summit Treks organized and prepared everything. Sherpa Tashi and porter Nima were great. We could talk, they always prepared everything. I have been in contact with the guys from Seven Summit Treks since the expedition to Makalu and I know that I can rely on them. Thank you for your help and wonderful experience. And see you at the next event.

Sofie Lenaerts

Belgium

Our first co-operation was in 2013 in Pakistan with Arnold Coster expeditions and Sevensummittreks towards the Gasherbrum. After that, we continued to work together on expeditions towards Everest, Makalu, Lhotse, Manaslu (winter), and AmaDablam. For me, SST is a very professional company with a lot of experience and knowledge. We have full confidence in their capabilities and appreciate their flexibility. I would like to thank them for all those years of cooperation and I look forwards to new adventures in Nepal and Pakistan.

Brad Johnson

USA

I have been on many expeditions in Nepal over the years, most of them I organized with friends and used Seven Summit Treks only for their base camp services with great service! This year none of my friends were available to climb in Nepal in the Autumn season so I contacted SST and decided to sign up for the Mera Peak and Baruntse expedition. SST organized everything and provide me with a personal climbing Sherpa for the entire trip. Throughout the entire trip, everything was taken care of by SST, including lodging, tea houses, and meals. At Baruntse base camp I had a nice private tent and the cook and kitchen staff always had smiles and cooked great meals. My Sherpa (Jangbu) was great and we became close friends and climbing partners. Jangbu was always there with a smile, a very strong climber, always wanting to help in any way he could. There was plenty of time to decide how and when we were going to make a summit push based on the weather. We had fantastic summit days on both peaks and finished the trip crossing the Amphu Labste pass into the Khumbu Valley staying each night in nice lodges with all meals included. I would highly recommend using SST for any expedition that you want to go on. Thank you Seven Summit Treks for a great trip and your attention to detail!!

Mohamed H. Al Khalifa

Bahrain

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