Michel Rudolf, very cold, and very high, in the Himalaya. Photo: Michel RudolfCross Country magazine
Web exclusive, January 2010
What's it like to climb an 8,000 m peak and fly off it on a sub-3 kg paraglider? French pilot Michel Rudolf climbed and flew from the mountain last year. 'It was very cold,' he says, 'minus-20C inside the tent.'
TELL ME ABOUT Manaslu – what sort of mountain is it?
Manaslu is a beautiful mountain north west of Kathmandu in Nepal, not far from the Annapurna range. Access is quite hard – it’s a six-day hike, but the climbing is not so difficult. It’s a little harder than Cho Oyu. Due to administrative complications on Cho Oyu and Shishapangma these last years, there are more expeditions on Manaslu now. At the time we were there, we guess that about 10 other expeditions were trying to climb the mountain...
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