Sajid Ali Sadpara creates history, scales Mount Manaslu
Sajid summited Mount Manaslu 8163m world’s 8th highest mountain without oxygen this afternoon and is the first Pakistani to climb to the True Summit. There has been an avalanche on Mount Manaslu below C-4.
Both Pakistani climbers are safe according to sources. Many are injured and waiting for evacuation by helicopters. Sajid Sadpara is safe and fine, as they have already crossed 8000m.
As Summit on “Mountains of Spirit” was a daunting task. Sajid Sadpara made history by becoming 1st Pakistani to raise the flag on the true summit of Mount Manaslu.
Manaslu, also known as Kutang, is the eighth highest mountain in the world at 8,163 meters above sea level. It is located in the Mansiri Himal, a part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the central western part of Nepal. The name Manaslu means “mountain of the mind” and derives from the Sanskrit word Manasa, which means “intellect” or “soul”.
Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition.
It is said that given the many failed attempts by the British to climb Everest before New Zealander Edmund Hillary, “just as the British regard Everest as their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain”.
Alhamdulliah, Sajid has summited Mt Manaslu 8163m world’s 8th highest mountain without oxygen this afternoon and is first Pakistan to climb to the True Summit
Congratulations Pakistan 🇵🇰 #Manaslu2022 pic.twitter.com/tEFDK7autj— Sajid Ali Sadpara (@sajid_sadpara) September 26, 2022
