The true summit of Manaslu: a long-standing mystery solved
A few days ago, a reader sent me the following video of a man climbing up a steep bank of snow, reaching the top and seeing two summits beyond. The video was a bit of an eye-opener for me, and solved a mystery that has been bugging me for several years.
The video was of a Japanese climber reaching the summit of Manaslu in 2013, then crouching down on top while his teammate took his summit photo.
Except, he didn’t reach the actual summit. As you can clearly see in the video,...
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