It is one of the great faces of an 8,000-meter peak that had remained untouched until now. The 2,000-meters southwest face of Manaslu, 8163 m. has just been climbed in alpine style by a Russian team : Andrei Vasilyev, Sergey Kondrashkin, Natalia Belyankina, Kirill Eizeman et Vitaly Shipilov. The journalist Anna Piunova tells us about this epic adventure, completed at the end of October. A bold first ascent as rare as it is outstanding: eleven days of climbing and four days of descent by the 1972 Tyrolean route.
Kathmandu was burning. On September 9, 2025, riots reached the royal palace. The prime minister’s wife was killed. Tribhuvan Airport turned into a military base. Flights were suspended, travelers stranded.
In the Dubai transit hall, an airline agent looked at a small group of climbers with expedition bags piled beside them. They refused the offer to fly home. “