Editing Manaslu (section)

{{Short description|8th-highest mountain on Earth}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Manaslu
| native_name ={{native name|ne|मनास्लु}}
| photo = Sunrise, Manaslu.jpg
| photo_caption = Manaslu at sunrise. The lower eastern summit appears taller due to foreshortening.
| elevation_m = 8163
| elevation_ref = <ref name=NepalFF2018/><br /><small>[[List of highest mountains|Ranked 8th]]</small>
| prominence_m = 3092
| prominence_ref = <ref name="peaklist"/><br /><small>[[List of peaks by prominence|Ranked 80th]]</small>
| listing = [[Eight-thousander]]<br />[[Ultra prominent peak|Ultra]]
| translation = Mountain of the spirit
| language = [[Sanskrit]]
| location = [[Gorkha District]], [[Manang]]-[[Gandaki Province]], Nepal
| range = [[Mansiri Himal]], [[Himalayas]]
| map_caption = Location of Manaslu
| map_size =
| map_image = {{OSM Himalaya|lat_d=28.5|long_d=84.6|zoom=7}}
| label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|28|32|58|N|84|33|43|E|type:mountain_region:NP_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_ref = <ref name=NepalFF2018/>
| first_ascent = May 9, 1956, by a [[Japan]]ese team<ref name=NepalFF2018_FA/><br />(First winter ascent 12 January 1984 [[Maciej Berbeka]] and [[Ryszard Gajewski]])
| easiest_route = snow/ice climb on NE face
}}

'''Manaslu''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|n|ɑː|s|l|uː}}; {{langx|ne|मनास्लु}}, also known as '''Kutang''') is the [[List of highest mountains#List|eighth-highest mountain]] in the world at {{convert|8163|m|ft}} above [[sea level]]. It is in the [[Mansiri Himal]], part of the [[Nepal]]ese [[Himalayas]], in  west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the spirit" and the word is derived from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''manasa'', meaning "intellect" or "soul". Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a [[Japan]]ese expedition. It is said that, given the many unsuccessful attempts by the British to climb [[Mount Everest|Everest]] before [[Nepali people|Nepali]] [[Tenzing Norgay]] and [[New Zealander]] [[Edmund Hillary]], "just as the British consider Everest their mountain, Manaslu has always been a Japanese mountain".<ref name=Mayhew>Mayhew, p. 326</ref><ref name=summit>{{cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150687/manaslu.html|title=Manaslu|access-date=2010-04-10|publisher=Summitpost}}</ref>
[[File:Manaslu Peak.jpg|thumb|Manaslu Peak]]

Manaslu is the highest peak in the [[Gorkha District]] and is about {{convert|64|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Annapurna]], the [[List of highest mountains on Earth|tenth highest mountain]] in the world at 8,091 metres (26,545&nbsp;ft) above sea level. Manaslu's long ridges and valley glaciers offer feasible approaches from all directions and culminate in a peak that towers steeply above its surrounding landscape and is a dominant feature when viewed from afar.<ref name=Reynolds/><ref name=summit/><ref name=club>{{cite web|url= http://www.adventuremountainclub.com/new/nepal_trekking/manaslu_region/manaslu_circuit.php|title= Circuit|access-date= 2010-04-14|publisher= Mountain Club|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100317074355/http://www.adventuremountainclub.com/new/nepal_trekking/manaslu_region/manaslu_circuit.php|archive-date= 2010-03-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://travel.lumbinimedia.com/2017/01/manaslu-region-trekking.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201090311/http://travel.lumbinimedia.com/2017/01/manaslu-region-trekking.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=February 1, 2017|title=Manaslu Region Trekking|publisher=Lumbini Media}}</ref>

The Manaslu region offers a variety of trekking options. The popular Manaslu trekking route of {{convert|177|km|mi}} skirts the Manaslu massif over the pass down to Annapurna. The Nepalese Government only permitted trekking on this circuit in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aryal|first1=Rakesh|title=Trekking Permission|url=https://www.aroundmanaslutrek.com/|website=Around Manaslu Trek|publisher=Around Manaslu Trek P. Ltd|ref=Around Manaslu Trek}}</ref> The trekking trail follows [[Tibet–Nepal salt trade route|an ancient salt-trading route]] along the [[Budhi Gandaki River]]. En route, 10 peaks over {{convert|6500|m|ft|0}} are visible, including a few over {{convert|7000|m|ft|0}}. The highest point reached along the trek route is [[Larkya La]] at an elevation of {{convert|5106|m|ft|0}}. As of May 2008, the mountain has been climbed 297 times with 53 fatalities.<ref name=k2news/><ref name=Reynolds/><ref name=8000ers>{{cite web|url=http://www.8000ers.com/cms/download.html?func=startdown&id=190|title=Statistics for Manaslu|access-date=2010-04-17|publisher=8000ers.com}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=May 2017}}

The Manaslu Conservation Area Project (MCAP) was established in 1997 with the primary objective of achieving conservation and sustainable management of the delimited area, which also 
includes Manaslu.<ref name=mcap/>