Manaslu

know?I mean, I think I figured this out, uh, quite a while ago, just, you know, to, to be able to be okay in this industry and, like, you know, be a public figure and a- a- all the rest, and do my own little things that I'm really proud of that no one else maybe...

I mean, to your point, like, I try to give corporate speaking gigs all the time about, like, Makalu or Manaslu, and they're like, "Mana what? Maka what?" Like, Everest.

We want to talk about Everest.

Maybe K2 now.

But you are having problems with the other treks, right?

The season of Manaslu has also been cancelled.

The reason for the avalanche in Manaslu, if I'm not mistaken, is that friends are missing, right? That's also a speedy recovery for me, right? Let's double-check Manaslu.

Just see how things are, right? When it comes to urban areas, friends in the hotel line, just touching base with you as well.

There are 10 people missing at the moment, right? How easy is this? Let's hope we find them and speedy recovery to everybody.

Right.

And on September 24th, a heavy monsoon alert finally forced authorities to ban high-altitude trekking in Manang and Manaslu.

But the hazard doesn't just magically vanish the moment the ban is lifted.

No, and the timing of the disasters proves that.

They understand the mountains' behavior far better than an official looking at an AI dashboard in the city.

The article gives this incredible, frustrating example of that.

In Manaslu, a vital bridge was completely washed away by the floods.

And Manaslu is a designated conservation area, right? It has a dedicated organization overseeing it.

And for the purposes of my book, probably the most important climber of them all was Nates Zaplotnik.

Before his death on Manaslu in 1983, he wrote a book that became a kind of philosophical and emotional guide and inspiration to generations of climbers.

He wrote a lot about the importance of journey rather than the destination.

And I'd like to read just a few of his words.

We recorded this episode on Friday, September 18th.

In the episode, we talked quite a bit about a mountain called Manaslu, the eighth tallest peak in the world and the dangers it presents.

Since that recording, two climbers were killed in an avalanche at Camp 3.

And I just want to send out our thoughts and the family and friends those left behind everyone who had to was part of the rescue and uh yeah hopefully the season will uh stabilize and and become safe and and open for for climbers but thoughts there and this episode was recorded before the most recent accident Hello, and welcome to the Duffel Shuffle.

It is single-handedly the best place to be.

And much like Everest Northside, all through the early 2000s, it was the only option for commercialized climbing on an 8,000-meter peak in autumn.

No one would go to Manaslu, Dhalagiri, Annapurna, Makalu.

The only commercial guiding all through the 2000s was show you.

And it's just a humble stone.

But when I'm in presence and being with it with awareness, it's as beautiful as, you know, the mountain I was hiking in Nepal, Mount Manaslu, you know, it's just...

It's like it's a portal.

The leaf is a portal just as a cloud is a portal.

And honestly, in general, the mountains, you know, a lot of my big FKTs, I did not get on the first time.

I didn't get Aconcagua on the first go around and I didn't get Manaslu on the big go around, on the first go around.

And I didn't get Everest on the first go around.

And, you know, that's hard because a lot of the time you then have to wait a year to do it again.