Manaslu Speed Ascent
22-Day Speed Ascent: $37,995 USD
32-Day Speed Ascent: $35,995 USD
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Pressed for time? Our Speed Ascent programs offer considerably shorter itineraries by utilizing pre-acclimatization technology in the comfort of your own home before departure.
Depending on your unique needs and schedule, we will tailor an itinerary to suit you.
22-Day Schedule: The more aggressive 22-Day schedule requires an extended pre-acclimatization period of 8 weeks at home using Hypoxico systems before flying directly to Manaslu Base Camp.
32-Day Schedule: Our traditional Speed Ascent program utilizes a more comfortable 6-week pre-acclimatization period using the Hypoxico systems before flying directly to Manaslu Base Camp.
Both itineraries include:
- One-way helicopter transfer from Kathmandu to Base Camp
- Hypoxico pre-acclimatization chamber for 6 or 8 weeks before the climb
- Single rooming in Kathmandu
This expedition provides full logistics, food, support, oxygen, and expert guidance for a summit attempt on Manaslu, the world’s 8th-tallest mountain. Our seasoned Sherpa team establishes and maintains the route, fixes lines, and stocks each camp with the equipment and supplies you’ll need, allowing you to climb efficiently and focus on the ascent itself. On summit day, each climber is paired one-on-one with a personal Sherpa alongside your Western guide—an exceptional level of support that ensures both confidence and safety at high altitude.
CTSS prides itself on being at the cutting edge of new approaches to mountain climbing that enhance safety, success, and efficiency. Mike Hamill has worked with clients for years, using portable altitude chambers to pre-acclimate their bodies to the rarefied air found at altitude, with great success. Through the Speed Ascents Program, we work with you to utilize specially designed altitude chambers in the comfort of your own bed, allowing you to spend more time at home with your loved ones and less time away on expeditions. Additionally, reducing the time spent in harm’s way in the mountains and at extreme altitudes can enhance safety.
These altitude chambers are not a substitute for proper acclimation in the mountains, but we have found that they can be an incredibly valuable tool for facilitating acclimatization and reducing the time spent in the mountains.
If you believe this option is suitable for you, please contact us directly. We will work with you to create a personalized plan that maximizes your results with our Speed Ascent program.
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Our expeditions are designed to be fully inclusive, except for some services and items of a personal nature, like flights, gear, and insurance. Here’s a detailed list so you know what to expect.
Included in the Manaslu Speed Ascent:
- Professional mountain guides
- Professional Sherpa support staff and Base Camp support staff
- Leadership, strategy, logistics, and expedition oversight
- Airport transfers
- Accommodation in Nepal, including 3x nights in Kathmandu and teahouses on the trek
- Hypoxico system rental for at least 6 weeks
- Helicopter transport from Kathmandu
- Transportation associated with the program itinerary
- Breakfast daily in hotels
- Accommodation in lodges and teahouses on the expedition
- Climbing permit for Manaslu
- CTSS Manaslu Base Camp and High Camp infrastructure and logistics, including tents and cooking gear
- Breakfast and dinner during the expedition
- Oxygen system and oxygen bottles
- Group gear that is not included in your gear list
Excluded from the Manaslu Speed Ascent:
- Flights to and from Kathmandu, Nepal
- Airport arrival or departure taxes
- Associated travel expenses, including visa, passport, reciprocity fees, vaccination charges, and excess baggage
- Any extensions before or after the specified itinerary (we are happy to help you plan these)
- All personal climbing gear
- Personal sundries, including but not limited to: non-team meals while in Kathmandu, personal snacks, alcoholic beverages, laundry services, third-party internet, medical expenses, gratuities, email or phone charges, bottled water and boiled water, specialty coffees and bakery items, showers at teahouses
- 10 lbs. personal snack food (real food and stuff you know you will want to eat at altitude when you don’t feel like eating: nuts, jerky, granola bars, dried fruit, candy, etc.)
- Sherpa tip pool
- Guide tips (customary but optional)
- Costs incurred as a result of events beyond the control of CTSS above and beyond the normal expedition costs
- Required travel insurance policy (for trip cancellation, interruption, rescue & evacuation, medical treatment, repatriation, etc.)
- Unused Contingency Days at the end of your program: CTSS covers one night in the hotel in Kathmandu on your return. If you decide to stay longer in Kathmandu beyond this night, those costs are your responsibility. We highly recommend that, while you should plan to be away from home for the entire duration of the expedition, including contingency days, you book a flexible return airfare so you can move your flight forward if you don’t use all of the contingency days or push it back as you need.
- In the event of a rescue, evacuation, or early departure from the group, any rescue expenses incurred or excess expenses above and beyond our normal trip costs, including transport, hotels, evacuation, flight changes, and gear shipping, are the responsibility of the client.
All prices are in US Dollars.
CTSS requires clients to buy trip insurance for all expeditions. Please see our page on trip insurance and cancellation policy for more information.
All payments once submitted are non-refundable and non-transferable. If balances are not received by specified dates, the client forfeits their place on the program and any prior fees paid.