Mt. Manaslu Climbing - Cheng Li-Lan

Chronicle of Mt. Manaslu (8,163m, 8th highest in the world) in September 2017, on a team organized by Song Yujiang and Nepal's Seven Summit Treks.

[@gingersam851]

Excellent subtitles, no music and no laughing idiots. Thank you!

[@willk7184]

Really gives you an idea of the scale of the mountain, and how far the camps are from each other. Great video. Thank you for having no music and adding english subtitles.

[@Mr05Chuck]

I was in Nepal in 1976. Trekked to the Annapurna base camp from Pokera . This video reminded me of how beautiful it all was.

[@BADGamer-fn9su]

Wow man that is so awesome! I love your climbing videos! I was super excited to see a notification for a new video! Keep up the climbing man! Your videos are so good! Glad to see u make it to the top and that view, just wow! congratulations to you! Can't wait for your next climb!

[@peruspetrus7743]

Great video! Love the footage without music and editing. I fear high places and have minor breathing issues so I can only try easy hikes myself (even 2km top Kyrkja in Norway was very scary for me, because of easy scrambling) but I love watching montain videos. Thank you for letting us follow your amazing journeys :)

[@robpeterson753]

Li-Lan Cheng thank you for another wonderful video.

[@user-sx2qf8ki7o]

Woow it's very good video and beautiful mountain climbers very nice 👌 thank you so much for video

[@stephensouness9356]

like rock climbing on the beach, thats a great quote, love your videos and love the sub-titles, look forward to your next expeditions Cheng Li-Lan

[@briang4225]

Li-Lan has the best mountaineering videos, just amazing. As always thanks for the English Subtitles and Time Stamps.

[@dianal.1279]

Thank you very much for sharing! I love your attitude! What an adventure! Thank you for the subtitles! No music! Wonderful!

[@ajarnangus8837]

Loved this. Gave a really good perspective of the environment and atmosphere...of actually being there. You took the risks; we got to share the adventure. Thanks a lot!

[@fernandoalbarran4920]

congrats sir, I love your climbing videos, keep it up!!!

[@purplewater]

Absolutly fantastic!! Thank you for sharing your memories. Greetz from switzerland

[@kenwbrenner]

Another great climbing video - thanks for sharing. Thankful you made it to the top and down without injury!

[@lilmack191]

Awesome!! I always enjoy watch your expeditions, makes me wish I had the physical endurance to climb. thanks for not putting in music in this one. Godspeed and may you always reach the summit and back down to evey base camp safely and healthy. God bless.

[@DonWouter1]

Hello Mr. Cheng i love seeing your videos! Im 17 now and have almost zero mountaineering experience, im aspiring to climb the 7 summits 1 day and im watching a lot of videos, at about an age of 20 i would like to start climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro to start with ( after training). Hope ill ever get as experienced as you are! Keep it up :)

[@IR240474]

Good luck!! Stay Safe and be careful and always plan to come down alive, the number one rule is to go home, the summit is only halfway. The goal is to come home alive.

[@stashtrey1]

Climb the 7 summits in 1 day?! ;) j/k. Good luck with your goals!

[@donuttime2507]

No rubbish comercial BS! Love your videos!

[@raaisma]

Congratulations sir! Love the video. Thank you for sharing.

[@xyz0835]

又更新了，喜欢这纪实风格

[@franzbibfeldt]

Excellent job. Simply wonderful photography accompanied by ambient sounds and narration. That is all that is needed to tell this challenging story. Best of all, no horrible music or third-rate video effects that most content creators feel compelled to add.

[@larsmaresca]

Great video and wonderful climb. Congrats, man!

[@beachmama9037]

Thank you. Excellent video. No annoying music.

[@infonepaltreksexpedition6336]

Nice view and Great Video if you need more information About the Manaslu Please read the blog Manaslu trek blog info Nepal Treks

[@MrPSRS750]

FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!!!!

[@IntombiPictures1]

Was surprised to see Manaslu with so many people on it. Great video thanks.

[@klauswhitedreamer]

A very nice video, congratulations !

[@Sedna063]

Unarguably the best videos by far.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Sedna063 thank you. Actually I wish I had more footage from the summit push. But my camcorder was damaged by the fixed rope during acclimatization that made shooting much less convenient later on. If you haven’t already, you should see my video of the Everest climb, which I think is better than this one.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Sedna063 my most likely next target is Makalu, next to Everest but on opposite side of Cho Oyu. After that, who knows. Maybe Kanchenjunga? I’m a little afraid of K-2 because of the avalanche risks. Will probably never try Nanga Parbat given it’s difficulty.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Sedna063 my most likely next target is Makalu, next to Everest but on opposite side of Cho Oyu. After that, who knows. Maybe Kanchenjunga? I’m a little afraid of K-2 because of the avalanche risks. Will probably never try Nanga Parbat given it’s difficulty.

[@Sedna063]

@@li-lancheng2535 Fair enough, thats why Nanga Parbat, Annapurna and K2 are called killer mountains. I will look forward to a video on Makalu. Do you have any tipps if I would want and climb a mountain like this?

[@oneactionman]

I like the way you even did the date at the end the English way lol. Fantastic channel. Looking forward to more. 👍

[@li-lancheng2535]

INFAMOUS SCOUSE thanks. You are welcome to check out my Everest climbing video.

[@user-xl5uz4yk3n]

Manaslu jest górą niezwykle piękną nie tylko w blasku zachodzącego słońca ale również podczas opadów śniegu i we mgle otaczającej górę i namioty. Rena

[@michaelsabella5924]

Great video, Great Job in climbing.. !. So sad seeing that UK man that died RIP sir. , but these are the risks I guess.......

[@li-lancheng2535]

michael sabella yes it was very sad. We passed his body less than 2 hours after he died. I cried. His mistake was not to descend as soon as becoming ill. He stayed at C3 for 3 nights and even went to C4 before giving up.

[@gloryyes8292]

Llp

[@cjultreiarunner]

I was there doing Manaslu Trail Race in November, that walk up to Base camp was something, however I had been running for 5 days at that point :P

[@scienceoctal7524]

Bro , a thousand likes on your upload . Just raw environ sound is best rather than those idiots who put edits and blasting music. We may not be climb like you but your video manscapes the best in us.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Many thanks. If you haven’t, you are also welcome to watch my video of the Everest climb.

[@lesptitscochonsreunis6643]

Images d' une beauté presque iréelle , surtout ce silence , aucun bruit de moteur , silence assourdissant , tellement nous ne connaissons plus ça , vraiment belle vidéo

[@li-lancheng2535]

Merci.

[@ymn54]

again another great video!!!!amazing quality and very professionalhoping to see one on Makalu,kanchenjunga and the others 8000m

[@li-lancheng2535]

y mn Thanks. Makalu and Kanchenjunga are on my to do list.

[@ymn54]

Great to hear thisKeep us posted on your next expeditionsI wish you all success for them and your videosWhat s amazing is you have the courage to film during your hard climbsThanks

[@incidentalist]

A bit too easy for me to even attempt! But, nice video, great scenery! TY, stay safe up there!

[@Celeritate7]

thank you! great footage (although sometimes the fisheye lens gives me motion sickness)

[@withkaushikroy]

Awesome upload 👍👍👍

[@mikethompson2007]

Good video...that climb to camp 1 was like in slooow motion. Usually people are pretty quick on the first day.. but waaaay to many people in line for this climb.

[@ernestfrigelj2876]

Make more videos.....really enjoying them

[@et803]

How do you get so much funding to climb? Can hardly get enough funds to climb a trekking peak. Hahaha. Really enjoyed your videos man. Keep em coming. Really inspiring me to climb an 8000er in the future.

[@781mm]

loved the video thanks and may Allah protect you

[@666Zerschmetterling]

Thanks for sharing!

[@luccalus]

Beautiful adventure! Beautifully narrated. But you showed only a 1 sec shot from the top!!! So understated!!

[@li-lancheng2535]

Well, a few seconds. But my own camcorder strapped to my chest was damaged during the climb. The limited footage at the top was taken from my camera, which I had to stop, take off my gloves to record. That limited the length. Part of it was also borrowed from a teammate.

[@eastcoastmz]

Li-Lan Cheng - this is an amazing video. I love that it's filmed without loud music and climbers acting crazy. You and your team are very professional and act reverently on the mountain. Thank you for this beautiful trip.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Thank you! You’re welcome to check my video climbing Everest the year before.

[@MichaelWinesburg]

Thankyou!!!!!!

[@Akusticostacos]

Did you climb anything in 2018, any plans for 2019? Love the videos, great job on the summit!

[@li-lancheng2535]

Akusticostacos no. Didn’t climb anywhere last year. But heading back to Nepal next month to climb Makalu.

[@maciek9947]

That helicopter ride at the end of video looked awesome. Great footage of the climb.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Maciek that was the most frightening part of the whole expedition.

[@maciek9947]

@@li-lancheng2535 I am sure it was ;) . Climbing an 8thousander is not a small feat either, you know ;) One more time, Thank You for the amazing footage of the climb. Looking forward to see yours next adventure.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Maciek thanks. If you haven’t done so already, you are welcome to watch videos of my climb on Everest in 2016 and Cho Oyu in 2014. Just search the mountain name and my name. Enjoy.

[@kevtherev8194]

Stunning

[@Renzaccius]

Excellent ПРЕКРАСНО!!

[@teepa12]

Love your footage. You're keeping it real with minimal commentary and focus on climbing itself. Mind if I ask you what camera are you using? How much does a trip like this cost with all expenses combined? Love from Finland.

[@li-lancheng2535]

teepa camera equipment is listed at the end of the video. The whole thing cost about US$14000, including climbing fee, tips, helicopter rides but excluding air fares from home to Kathmandu. If you trek for 4 days from Kathmandu to base camp and back instead of taking helicopters, you would save about $2000.

[@teepa12]

Thank you for your response. I see there are many travel agencies that offer these kind of commercial climbs. How do you separate the good from the bad? I am a starting mountaineer, gonna summit Kebnekaise (2106 m) next spring and Mont Blanc (4810 m) after. Which mountain would you recommend after those?

[@li-lancheng2535]

teepa in general, you don’t want to go with the cheapest operator. Go with someone who has organized large numbers of climbers and been to the same mountain for many years. I have never been to Mont Blanc but think it’s a good place to learn basic skills of snow and ice climbing. After this if you want to go for higher altitudes, you can try Elbrus in Russia and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Above 6000m there are a few choices in Nepal like Mera and Ana Dablam. Once you have done these, you can start thinking about 8000m.

[@GraniteMtn618]

I argue that everyone that starts this trip is on board with wanting to hike with the “my life is in my own hands. If I’m going out I’ll tell people.” Then that’s when the inexperienced people come in and challenge people and things. Your life is in your own hands and if you have butter fingers maybe think about where you are when you get them. My dream is to climb this mountain. I expect to die when I do it. I’ve researched the issues. If I’m going out I’m going to at least make it there. Also going to do at least 3 of the 8k’s

[@stashtrey1]

Love your videos. Very curious what you do for a living to afford to take these epic adventures year after year?! Any more planned in coming years? Come to North America and do Denali?! Keep up the great work. Hope to see another one soon on your channel. Cheers from California.

[@li-lancheng2535]

MeinM5 thanks. I had planned to climb Denali this year with friends and already got the permit before the national park service cancelled the entire season due to the coronavirus pandemic. I then signed up for Shishabangma in September, but it got cancelled as well. So will have to wait till next year. I’m a senior employee of a local company and am lucky to make enough money to afford this and have a boss who’s nice enough to get me the time off. My climbing teammates come from all walks of life including small business owners, rich fund managers, freelancers, government employees, police officer, etc. People find ways to do this if they really want it.

[@stashtrey1]

@@li-lancheng2535 sorry your Denali plans were canceled by the virus. That's amazing you were planning on it! I hope we will see you up there next year and can't wait for another adventure. All the best to you and safe travels and climbing! :)

[@li-lancheng2535]

MeinM5 yes. I was really looking forward to it. Would have been a very different kind of climbing from Himalayas. No Sherpa, no guide. Just ourselves carrying supplies and pitching tents. And I had been training hard for it.

[@hikevin]

手动点赞👍。很不错的纪实。 好巧问一下为什么你的运动相机可以在这么冷的状态下一直录的？上次我用gopro滑雪气温低就关机了，电池寿命很短。

[@li-lancheng2535]

Kevin的旅行vlog Go Pro 电池不好，尤其是在低温环境下。我用的是索尼

[@djidh8476]

your english is very good

[@aorela9068]

great video. do you use any prophylactic agent to prevent ams/hape?

[@li-lancheng2535]

No.

[@WeatherMoon]

Denali? Have you climbed?

[@andyhujian]

This is awesome. Any plan to climb next one?

[@li-lancheng2535]

Thanks. Nothing this year. Maybe Makalu next year.

[@jlsimonable]

congratulations! after ChoOyu , Everest and Manaslu what is the next one?

[@li-lancheng2535]

Maybe Makalu.

[@carlosmagana4170]

Li-Lan Cheng I will wait for your next video awesome content !!!

[@atilzau]

Great footage! I would be interested in it. How can I get in contact with you?

[@ladrikinatoll8298]

What happened to the U.K. dead climer? Did his team brought the body down?

[@li-lancheng2535]

Ladrikin Atoll yes. A helicopter flew up and brought down the body.

[@ladrikinatoll8298]

Li-Lan Cheng Thank you for yours response Sir. Great video!

[@sanketsjoshi]

Congratulations 🙌 What 8000er you are going for next and when ???

[@li-lancheng2535]

Sanket Joshi possibly Makalu next year

[@sanketsjoshi]

@@li-lancheng2535 all the best 🙌🙌

[@fanbulma8879]

nice to see this adventure :)

[@michaelyu2151]

好作品，好攀登，尤其是影片质量很高，很喜欢，期待您的下次攀登作品

[@li-lancheng2535]

谢谢。欢迎观看我2016年爬珠峰的视频

[@dipankardas1760]

Manaslu top reached without any 360° video from top? What is considered the top actually on this peak? Good video.

[@li-lancheng2535]

DIPANKAR DAS 30:45 is almost a 360 video. As you can see at 31:10, I stopped just short of the summit as the line of people waiting to take a summit photo was too long. I didn’t really care about that. In fact, most of them would not reach the true summit anyway. To reach the true summit requires a dangerous traverse on a knife edge snow ridge.

[@johndoe-fd7rd]

Is anyone going to talk about the dude at 6600m trying to learn to ski? Snow pants tucked into ski boots, ski tips crossed, makes one turn and bails? Can we talk about this please? 28:11 just that frame says it all.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Lol that was indeed an amusing scene, a beginner skier at that altitude. I missed filming two Russian expert skiers who flew by me at around 5700m. This guy, probably heard from others that you could ski on these mountains and decided to try. If you watch my video of my climb on Cho Oyu, you will see a skier at nearly 7500m. That was impressive.

[@sidharthes]

Please do such high quality climb footage of K2.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Sidharth Sreekumar will do if I ever gather the nerve to climb it.

[@fjellgutten1603]

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[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

Li, are you planning any more expeditions? Your videos are some of the best.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Thank you. I tried Makalu in 2019 but failed to summit and didn’t make a video of the half climb. Since then my climbing has been confined in China due to the pandemic. I climbed a peak at 7200m last year and just tried a difficult 6886m this month without reaching the summit. Once the world returns to normal, I may go back to Makalu to try again.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

@@li-lancheng2535 Best of luck to you. I wonder if there will be an even bigger influx of 8k meter peak climbers in 2022 since after the 2019 Everest disaster covid killed the 2020 season and made for a dangerous 2021 season at base camps. I feel like so many people have had to put off their plans for two years, and now that 2022 is near there will be even more dangerous traffic jams on many peaks.

[@li-lancheng2535]

@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 I’m sure you are right about that. Heavy traffic is a fact of life on the three 8000 peaks with well developed commercial operations. I experienced all of them.

[@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276]

@@li-lancheng2535 do you know which 8k peak you will attempt next?

[@li-lancheng2535]

@@ericclaptonsrobotpilot7276 I’m not sure. Could be back to Makalu or Shishabamgma.

[@SomoVlogsOfficial]

你们很棒

[@Sedna063]

Hi there. Do you have any plans in the future for another 8000 mountain? We need a good K2 and Nanga Parbat video :D

[@li-lancheng2535]

I tried Makalu last year but failed to summit because I felt I wasn’t physically strong enough to reach the summit. Didn’t train hard enough. I may go back and try again. Probably will not do K-2 or Nanga Parbat. Don’t think I’m strong enough. Too risky.

[@Sedna063]

@@li-lancheng2535 Ah, good to hear you know your body and listen to it. Understandable, both are amongst the most dangerous mountains of them all. Can't fault anyone from shying away, I doubt I will ever make it on one such mountain you do. But will you do the Karakorum ? I personally think it is much more interesting than the Himalayas, even wilder.

[@li-lancheng2535]

@@Sedna063 I think I can at least trek to K-2 base camp. I’ve seen photos taken by my friends and they are stunning, indeed more beautiful if in a stark and austere way than the Himalayas. Not sure if I will climb any of the 8000m peaks there. I kind of give myself a couple of more years to climb one or two really high mountains before moving on to other things in life. Getting old.

[@Sedna063]

@@li-lancheng2535 OK cool, thank you for your replies. Yes, I would never be able to climb a mountain like that (would surely die) but I would want to do some tracking there after uni is finished. Something like Annapurna trail or in fact Concordia place or Goodwin-Austin glacier. In any case, do you have some footage for the Makalu ? Even if you didn't make it to the top, I am sure the quality of it is great.

[@li-lancheng2535]

@@Sedna063 I do, but never got enough motivation to put it together.

[@MrTonykung0214]

程大哥你好，請問可以告知當年的登山費用是多少嗎？manaslu應該在難度和價格上相對低一點的一座8000了，以後會有興趣去的，謝謝你！

[@li-lancheng2535]

Ch Kung 马纳斯鲁的费用在13000-16000美元左右

[@MrTonykung0214]

感謝。要努力存錢了😂

[@vojtavacek8516]

15:31 what kind of person drops an empty bottle there?

[@oneactionman]

Well spotted

[@nepaljerungchannel]

wow

[@robertwhalen9272]

Now you need to try K2. I like your style climbing videos

[@li-lancheng2535]

Robert Whalen thanks. I will try a couple of other mountains like Makalu and Kanchenjunga before considering K2. Too scary.

[@wddxnyr]

You need to know alpine climbing is fundamentally different from commercial climbing. K2 is for the best alpinists only. No disrespect to Mr. Cheng. Just a fact.

[@yogeshb8368]

Li-Lan Cheng Love from India.

[@renorailfanning5465]

Isn't Kanchenjunga pretty scary also ?

[@li-lancheng2535]

Big Sam K-2 may be slightly easier than Annapurna but still very challenging and in my view not suitable for commercial guided climbing. A traffic jam on Everest or Manaslu is manageable but can easily be deadly on K-2. I think I can manage the technical issues but am scared of the avalanche and rock fall risks, which no one can control.

[@grzegorzk5416]

nice.

[@joannasarcamedes8191]

those buildings are nicer than my home

[@JoelLeBras]

Incredible : traffic jam on Manaslu

[@skymanhaliluya]

不错

no sabia que el Manaslu era un trekking

[@ewsdneax61eaxe10]

you should do k2!

[@li-lancheng2535]

ewsdneax61eaxe10 maybe, when I feel more ready.

[@luxiao4999]

陕西户县人喜欢你的视频，听口音你应该西安人。

[@li-lancheng2535]

王刚 谢谢！不过口音听得不够准。😄

[@gurungpritam5167]

R.I.P to an American climber and Philip Harvey.

[@li-lancheng2535]

Gurung Pritam it turned out he was British.

[@chc19661008]

爬山還是有💰人才玩的起的遊戲

[@Mr05Chuck]

Man you speak English well.

[@khnarry7938]

"" Traffic Jam "" on a 8000'er other than Everest……… Doesn't seem right ……….

[@JJjon13]

知道80度的陡壁什么概念么 那就是你攀爬的时候有仰角的感觉 你那坡50度左右而已

[@li-lancheng2535]

lei zhang 我也不信有80度。向导说的。我学攀冰的坡也不过75度。

[@XindabaaD]

take some criticism.. you are a guy with money

[@li-lancheng2535]

KritYarth SingH What???

[@williammorris6097]

Pulling yourself up a rope over rocky terrain isn't climbing. Climb the rock in a sporting, respectful way, Others who set the fixed rope did, so why not you? plain and simple

[@anupamthapa.]

You're an ignoramus... Sure the ropes are fixed and all but do you even know how difficult it is to function on altitudes over 8000m? The lack of oxygen, the quick burn up of calories, the chances of avalanches, the Sub-Zero temperature. There are so many factors that make mountaineering a difficult endeavor. Learn before commenting from the next time.

[@incidentalist]

@@anupamthapa. Don't pay him any mind! LMAO - Prob sitting in his recliner with cheetos rolling down his face and landing in his belly button!

[@ilonagunszebn2674]

nice.