| mountaineer17 | Solo Summit via Japanese Route  Date Climbed: May 19, 2009 | |

| Summited Manaslu via Japanese Route after spending two months in base camp waiting for a weather window. Lost all three tents in high camps (crushed under two meters of wind packed snow) and endured 150km/hr winds on the summit push. Reached summit on May 19th at 11am solo.
Expedition Dispatches with Photos |
| Posted Jun 20, 2009 2:56 pm |