The team spent the day relaxing and visiting some of the sites in the beautiful city of Kathmandu (1400m/4,600ft)! With good weather tomorrow, the expedition will continue to the next stop of Samagoan (3530m/11,581ft), the gateway to Manaslu (8163m/26,781ft). Expedition leader, Terray Sylvester, checks in with today’s dispatch from Kathmandu:
Hello! This is Terray calling in for the 2022 Madison Mountaineering Manaslu expedition – it’s September 1st.
Today we spent the morning exploring some of the sites here in Kathmandu Valley. We visited two of the valleys seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites. We started off the day at Boudhanath Stupa, which is one of the biggest Buddhist stupa’s in the world. Then we went over to Pashupatinath Temple which is very sacred to the valley’s Hindus. Then we got a great lunch at Fire and Ice, now we’re just relaxing until we hopefully fly out tomorrow. If the weather allows, we will fly to the village of Samagoan, just to the northeast of Manaslu tomorrow morning.
So, all is well! Beautiful weather here in the Kathmandu Valley at the moment. We’ll be in touch.
Monkeys at Pashupatinath Temple. 📸: Terray Sylvester
Boudhanath Stupa, one of the world’s largest Buddhist stupas. 📸: Terray Sylvester
A Ganesh statue at Pashupatinath Temple. 📸: Terray Sylvester
A thangka painting demonstration at Boudhanath Stupa. 📸: Terray Sylvester
Boudhanath Stupa. 📸: Terray Sylvester
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