The Himalayan Ascent Manaslu Expedition 2012 is about to kick off. Support staff are already on the trail to base camp, and climbers, Chris Burke and Anders Bergval, and guides, Lakpa and Sumit, leave tomorrow.
The team will trek in from 530m in a semi tropical climate, they’ll pass through several climates before reaching an alpine environment at base camp (4800m). This will be a true climb of 8000m to reach the summit of Manaslu by the end of September.
Today the team received blessings from a prominant Lama. Tomorrow they have a challenging all day jeep/truck journey to bring them to the trail head.