First foreign climbing expedition in Nepal since Covid-19 shutdown ended scale 8,000-metre Himalayan peak Manaslu

Thirteen climbers from a Bahraini expedition to Nepal, including a member of the royal family, reach the summit of 8,163-metre Manaslu in the Himalayas

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An 18-member party of the Bahrain Royal Guard mountaineering team pose for photographs on Mount Lobuche East, a 6,119-metre Himalayan peak in Nepal they scaled in training for a successful ascent of 8,163-metre Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak. Photo: AFP/Tashi Lakpa Sherpa/Seven Summit Treks

Published: 5:58pm, 16 Oct 2020Updated: 5:57pm, 16 Oct 2020

Thirteen climbers representing the Royal Guard of Bahrain have made it to the top of Mount Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first group of climbers to scale the world’s eighth highest peak in 2020, officials said.

Mira Acharya, director of Nepal’s Department of Tourism, said on Thursday that 13 members of the expedition team and their assisting Sherpas successfully reached the top of the 8,163-metre Himalayan peak.

“The final number of summiteers could go up as this is only a preliminary report,” Acharya said.

This is the first foreign expedition to the Himalayas since Nepal suspended mountaineering to contain the spread of the coronavirus in March.

Mount Manaslu, at 8,163 metres the eighth highest peak in the world. Photo: Getty Images

Members of the Royal Guard of Bahrain and Sherpas near the summit of 8,163-metre Mount Manaslu. Photo: Seven Summit Treks