Shehroze Kashif of Pakistan will Attempt to Ascend Manaslu Again

 

After a recent dispute about the peak's highest point within the mountaineering community, Pakistani mountaineer Shehroze Kashif has said that he will attempt to summit Nepal's Manaslu, the eighth highest peak in the world at 8,163 metres, once more.

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Shehroze was one of six climbers who reached the top of Manaslu last week. His accomplishment was praised in Pakistan, but a few days later, Mingma Gyalje Sherpa of Nepal announced that he had reached the "real summit" at Manaslu, calling into question all earlier summits.

Videos from Jackson Grove, another climber and photographer, backed up what he said. Grove used a drone to take some important and amazing pictures that he shared on his Instagram and Facebook pages. The shots showed the Manaslu summit ridge in a way that had never been seen before.

"Fore-summit" refers to the part of the mountain where the climbers are grouped together on one side. One of the pictures focused on the main peak on the far right. While they were on the steep, Mingma-G and the other hikers with him were making their way to the "real-summit."

An article on "explorersweb" said that many of Manaslu's summits were actually just fore-summits. This makes all earlier records questionable, especially for people like Pakistan's Shehroze who have climbed all 14 eight-thousanders or are planning to do so.

Even though past summits haven't been officially recognized yet, the young mountain climber from Lahore has said that he'll go back to climb Manaslu.

"Everyone who has been summiting since 1976 has been there with me in the fall. That includes the 80% of climbers who have finished their 14-project or are on their way to finishing it." Shehroze said in an Instagram video message, "After I got back to Katmandu, Mingma-G did an amazing job by setting a new record by crossing that bridge. He was the fourth person, including the team, to cross that bridge to reach the highest point of Manaslu since 1976."

"Raising the flag of my country on top of Manaslu makes me feel pretty sure of myself and happy." That being said, after 45 years, a few brave people showed a lot of bravery and tried to reach the top. Since I'm now part of the 14 project, I think it's also my job. I'm going to be the youngest person in history to reach the top of all 14 of the world's highest peaks. I have to go back to Nepal. "Inshallah, I'll be pushing the real summit this time when I summit Mansalu," he said.

The young climber also said that even though he has the certificate for summiting Manaslu, he will not include the most recent peak in his 14-project.

"This won't be part of my 14-project." And, if all goes well, I'll be back to submit the real summit, or the big summit. "That accomplishment will last forever," he said.

At the same time, Sirbaz Khan, a Pakistani mountain climber who also wants to reach the top of all 14 eight-thousanders, is said to have said that he will also reach the top of Manaslu again.

Sirbaz reached the top of Dhaulagiri on Friday morning, making it his ninth ascent of a 14,000-meter peak. In 2019, he also reached the top of Manaslu.

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