The Manaslu Adventure
Mark Horrell
The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks.
Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against them. When they returned the next year, they were met with sticks and stones, stripped naked and sent home with red cheeks.
Mark Horrell and his two friends Mark and Ian shared a dream to climb an 8,000m peak, but it seemed the gods were against them too. They had made no fewer than eight attempts without success (though they had managed to return with their clothes on).
With towering ice walls, monsoon rainstorms, arm-twisting crevasses and – most dangerous of all – welcoming teahouses ready to entrap them, would it be different this time?
Duration - 3h 34m.
Author - Mark Horrell.
Narrator - Mark Horrell.
Published Date - Sunday, 29 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2018 Mark Horrell ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Mark Horrell
Footsteps on the Mountain Diaries
Mountain Footsteps Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
The mountain gods were protective of Manaslu, a two-pronged peak in the Nepal Himalaya, and one of the world’s fourteen 8,000m peaks. Many years ago, a Japanese team tried to climb it, but the gods had sent an avalanche in their wake which destroyed a monastery and set the local people against them. When they returned the next year, they were met with sticks and stones, stripped naked and sent home with red cheeks. Mark Horrell and his two friends Mark and Ian shared a dream to climb an 8,000m peak, but it seemed the gods were against them too. They had made no fewer than eight attempts without success (though they had managed to return with their clothes on). With towering ice walls, monsoon rainstorms, arm-twisting crevasses and – most dangerous of all – welcoming teahouses ready to entrap them, would it be different this time? Duration - 3h 34m. Author - Mark Horrell. Narrator - Mark Horrell. Published Date - Sunday, 29 January 2023. Copyright - © 2018 Mark Horrell ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
Epigraph
Duration:00:00:22
Day 1 - Leaving civilisation
Duration:00:15:08
Day 2 - Wet, wet, wet
Duration:00:05:58
Day 3 - The back end of a horse
Duration:00:05:18
Day 4 - Paradise enclosed
Duration:00:05:37
Day 5 - Enchanted forest
Duration:00:07:06
Day 6 - Into the heart of Buddhist country
Duration:00:05:18
Day 7 – Damp mist and wine
Duration:00:01:18
Day 8 – Mediaeval village
Duration:00:03:33
Day 9 – Climbing with porters
Duration:00:03:20
Day 10 – Puja
Duration:00:05:00
Day 11 – Internet café
Duration:00:02:54
Day 12 – Tough guy Ian
Duration:00:10:46
Day 13 – Rain, rain, rain
Duration:00:02:59
Day 14 – Alpine squatting
Duration:00:04:22
Day 15 – Seracs
Duration:00:08:54
Day 16 – Above the clouds
Duration:00:03:59
Day 17 – Banter
Duration:00:02:26
Day 18 – Groundhog Day
Duration:00:03:12
Day 19 – Beer in Samagaon
Duration:00:05:25
Day 20 – Preparations
Duration:00:05:31
Day 21 – Chongba
Duration:00:04:44
Day 22 – Beating a retreat
Duration:00:03:50
Day 23 – Storm and summit strategy
Duration:00:04:39
Day 24 – Boredom
Duration:00:02:19
Day 25 – Another nice mess
Duration:00:05:20
Day 26 – Da Pasang the super sub
Duration:00:01:48
Day 27 – Sleepless night
Duration:00:05:13
Day 28 – Anticipation
Duration:00:02:47
Day 29 – Short ropes
Duration:00:03:26
Day 30 – Puffing and panting
Duration:00:05:53
Day 31 – Tea with a superstar
Duration:00:04:20
Day 32 – The endless snow slope
Duration:00:10:11
Day 33 – Oxygen
Duration:00:12:30
Day 33 – Backpack
Duration:00:10:58
Day 34 – Agony
Duration:00:09:23
Day 35 – Friendship and alcohol
Duration:00:05:32
Day 36 – The helicopters
Duration:00:04:45
Epilogue
Duration:00:05:07
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:00
About Mark Horrell
Duration:00:01:38
Ending Credits
Duration:00:00:18