Cybercast

Hello Everyone,

Today we arrived to Basecamp!  The team is doing great and we are excited to be here at 15,900ft.  I will update again tomorrow but are having some connectivity issues. (Photos from our hike yesterday above Samdo).

Ben Jones

Hello Everyone,

We are doing great here on our trek near Manaslu.  Yesterday we hiked from Samagaun, to Samdo and are now at 12,700ft.  It is just a short couple of hour hike but was beautiful and we lucked out with great weather (no rain).  After arriving we had a cake for Tom’s birthday and mostly spent the rest of the day playing cards in the tea house.  Everyone is feeling good and excited for another acclimatization hike today before heading back down valley to Samagaon for our last night before heading to Basecamp.  I will send some more photos tomorrow!

Ben Jones

Hello Everyone,

We were fortunate to have good weather this morning to fly to Samagoan.  We went on a short hike after lunch to get a blessing at a Monastery before checking out a glacial lake above town.  The group is still feeling a little jet lagged and looking forward to a good nights rest tonight.  Talk to you tomorrow.

Ben Jones

Hello Everyone,

Our climbers have arrived for our Manaslu 2026 expedition and we are excited to begin the trip.  Today we completed a gear check and reorganized our gear heading straight to Basecamp for the climb and gear that will come with us for the short trek to Basecamp.  We have been lucky to be granted permission to fly to Samagaon tomorrow morning and it should be good weather.  We thank Jiban (our local operator) working tirelessly to get this permission and hopeful it will all work out tomorrow morning.  I’m excited to be with a strong, small, and experienced group once again on the 8th tallest mountain in the World.  I will continue updating here throughout the expedition.

Thanks for following our adventure,

Ben Jones