In the throne room of the 8000m Himalayan scene, a Nepali’s ski descent is welcome news. There are a few times annually to key in on the 8000m news cycle. There’s the spring pre-monsoonal climbing season and the autumn post-monsoonal window. Since, say, the 1996 cluster on Everest and the 2019 mega-cluster documented by…
A Nepalese Ski Descent of Manaslu
Sunrise on Manaslu. In September, Tshering Pande Bhote became the first Nepalese to descend from the summit of an 8000m on skis. Photo: Ben Tubby under CC2.0.
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