With the Debate Over Manaslu’s True Summit Resolved, Climbers are Flocking to Reach it

Originally published on outsideonline.com Climbers are flocking to Nepal’s 26,781-foot Manaslu this month, and government officials are anticipating noticeably bigger crowds than normal on the world’s eighth-highest peak. Nepal’s department of tourism has already issued 394 climbing permits for Manaslu, and officials told Climbing that they expect the number to soon surpass 400. By contrast, only 193 climbers sought permits in 2021. Guides and officials told Climbing that a variety of factors are contributing to the uptick in visitations—one is the end of a simmering debate about the location of the mountain’s highest point. For several years, climbers have argued…