Manaslu 2012 – a report of 11th April – last preparations before the flight to Samagaon

“We have done the last shopping. Luggage is packed. We have already attended the briefing in the Ministry of Tourism. We have bought approximately 15 snow pickets, a couple of carrimats and snow shovels. We are going to wake up at 5:00 AM. The first group leaves in a helicopter to Samagaon at 8:00 AM – reports Jarek Gawrysiak, member of the unification expedition of Polish Mountaineering Association to Manaslu (8,156 m).

The expedition is a part of “Polish Winter Himalayan Mountaineering 2010-2015” program, whose honorary patron is Bronisław Komorowski, the President of Poland. The Ministry of Sport and Tourism and Jerzy Kukuczka Polish Mountaineering Support Foundation finance the expedition. Equipment is provided by HiMountain.

Patrycja Konopka

Information about the expedition:

polishwinterhimalaism.pl

and

192.168.1.122:8888/fkukuczki2025/