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=== 2020s === [[File:Sheikha_Asma_Al_Thani.jpg|thumb|Sheikha Asma Al Thani]] In 2021 Qatari mountaineer, [[Asma Al Thani]], summited and became the first Arab to do so without oxygen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-11-10|title=Sheikha Asma Al Thani becomes first Qatari woman to summit Nepal's Mount Ama Dablam|url=https://www.dohanews.co/sheikha-asma-al-thani-becomes-first-qatari-woman-to-summit-nepals-mount-ama-dablam/|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Doha News {{!}} Qatar|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-28|title=Sheikha Asma: first Arab woman to climb 8,000er without oxygen|url=https://gulf-times.com/story/701293|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Gulf-Times|language=ar}}</ref> On the morning of September 26, 2022, an avalanche struck the route 24,000 ft., just below Camp IV at Mount Manaslu, enveloping 13 climbers which also killed Nepali guide Anup Rai. The climbers were ferrying logistics to the high camps before their summit push.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian climber among injured as avalanche hits Nepal's Mt Manaslu |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/indian-climber-among-injured-as-avalanche-hits-nepals-mt-manaslu-8174950/ |work=The Indian Express |date=27 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref> On the same day, American ski mountaineer [[Hilaree Nelson]] fell down more than 1,800 metres (6,000 ft) from the summit of Mount Manaslu while skiing with her partner, Jim Morrison.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/everest/hilaree-nelson-missing-manaslu-deadly-avalance/ |title=Hilaree Nelson is Missing on Manaslu After a Deadly Day on the Mountain |date=26 September 2022 }}</ref> On September 28 her body was located above the Thulagi glacier on the south-west face of Mount Manaslu and was flown to Kathmandu by rescuers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/missing-ski-mountaineer-hilaree-nelson-found-dead |title=Missing ski mountaineer Hilaree Nelson found dead |date=September 28, 2022 |work=[[The Himalayan Times]] |place=Kathmandu |access-date=2022-10-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Bhadra |last2=Schmall |first2=Emily |date=2022-09-28 |title=U.S. Mountaineer's Body Found Two Days After Avalanche on Peak in Nepal |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/28/world/asia/hilaree-nelson-death-avalanche.html |accessdate=2022-10-05 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On January 6, 2023, Spanish alpinist Alex Txikon, along with six sherpa climbers, made a successful winter ascent of Mount Manaslu, which had not been summited in winter in over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mteveresttoday.com/manaslu-winter-summit/|title=Manaslu winter summit |date=6 January 2023 |access-date=2023-01-06}}</ref> On September 23, 2023, Nawal Sfendla became the first Moroccan to summit Manaslu.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2023 |title=Nawal Sfendla Becomes First Moroccan to Conquer Nepal's Manaslu Summit |url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/09/357890/nawal-sfendla-becomes-first-moroccan-to-conquer-nepals-manaslu-summit |access-date=12 January 2024 |website=Morocco World News}}</ref>
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