Manaslu: To Turn Back the Clock on an 8,000m Peak, Go in the Off-Season
In the autumn season, Manaslu expedition is one of the most trafficked 8,000-metre peaks on Earth a procession of fixed ropes, crowded camps, and supplemental oxygen stretching toward the summit. But in spring, the mountain remembers who it used to be. Ukrainian climber Alexandr Moroz and his Russian partner Mark Ablovacky arrived on Manaslu this…