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Australian team sets record with youngest, oldest summiteers on Manaslu
Author: THT Online
Category: Mountain
September 25, 2023
Everest, Nepal
The first ever Australian team on Mt Manaslu has scripted a history in mountain climbing this season, expedition organiser has claimed.
KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 25
The first ever Australian team on Mt Manaslu has scripted a history in mountain climbing this season, expedition organiser has claimed.
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According to expedition leader Phunuru Sherpa, a team from Australia successfully scaled the real summit of Manaslu this morning becoming the first ever team from Australia to have reached the top of 8163-metre mountain.
The climbers from Australia-based Everest One company reached the summit point at around 5:00am, Sherpa shared.
Among the climbers, Conor James Coleman, 21, has become the youngest Australian to reach the real summit of Manaslu. At the age of 65, Mark Trevor Ayrey has scaled Manaslu real summit becoming the oldest one to do so, Sherpa shared.
"Allan Karl Cohrs, Colin James Briggs, Dawa Tenzing Sherpa, Ang Karma Sherpa and Sonam Tashi Sherpa also scaled the peak being a part of the Aussie team," Tashi Lakpa Sherpa, Managing Director at 14 Peaks Expedition, said. The team was handled by 14 Peaks Expedition, Sherpa said.
Weather Update: Standard Himalayan mountain conditions
Peak Altitude: 8000 m
Risk Level: Low
Expedition Info: International climbing team expedition
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