Manaslu & Tsum Valley, Day 14 Samagaun – Basecamp Manaslu

Merge your mind with cosmic space,

integrate your actions with myriad of forms.

 

 

From Samagaun, a path leads up to the over 14,000 feet high

base camp of Manaslu.  Most of the climbers fly to the base camp

and start the ascent to the 26,756 feet high summit from there.

In 1956, the Japanese – under the leadership of Yuko Maki –

were the first to climb Manaslu.  Ever since, a lot of Japanese have

climbed this mountain.  In comparison to Mount Everest, which is

considered a British mountain, the Manaslu is Japanese.

In the base camp, we stay overnight.

 

 

 

Food and equipment of a Spanish expedition carried up by porters (mostly women).
Food and equipment of a Spanish expedition carried up by porters (mostly women).

 

 

 

 

Steep and windy path up to the base camp
Steep and windy path up to the base camp

 

 

 

 

Mountain hidden in the mist
Mountain hidden in the mist

 

 

 

Alpine flowers
Alpine flowers

 

 

 

 

Part of base camp with well over a hundred colorful tents
Part of base camp with well over a hundred colorful tents

 

 

 

 

Shrine on the base camp with many offerings
Shrine on the base camp with many offerings

 

 

 

 

My offering to the Manaslu:  A chopstick with a Japanese saying,“a cloud moving across the sky and a river running through the land”.  It was given to me by my Japanese friend Yuko.
My offering to the Manaslu: A chopstick with a Japanese saying,“a cloud moving across the sky and a river running through the land”. It was given to me by my Japanese friend Yuko.

 

 

 

 

Rainy and cold.  From the nearby glacier, ice is constantly breaking with loud roars.
Rainy and cold. From the nearby glacier, ice is constantly breaking with loud roars.

 

 

 

 

Layers and layers of cloth to keep warm.
Layers and layers of cloth to keep warm.

 

gwwien
gwwienhttps://simplyjustwalking.com
Born and raised in a village along the Danube in Austria, Traude Wild soon ventured out into the world. After a two-year program for tourism in Klesheim/Salzburg, she spent nearly a year in South Africa and Namibia. By returning back to Austria, she acquired a Master of Economics at the University of Vienna. After moving to the United States with her four children, she studied Art History at Arizona State University and stayed in the United States for fourteen years. Here, she was teaching Art History in several Universities like Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now, she lives partially in Arizona and Vienna and works together with her husband for the University of South-Carolina, Moore School of business as Adjunct Professor organising and leading Study tours in Central Europe. She also teaches at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Since 1999, she is practicing Zen meditation in the lineage of Katagiri Roshi. She loves to hike and to write and is a student of Natalie Goldberg. During her often many weeks long hikes she brings her awareness into the Here and Now, describing her experiences in an authentic way. She loves to walk pilgrimages. The longest hike so far was the 1,400 km long 88 Temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan in 2016.

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