First ascent of Manaslu without supplementary oxygen

First ascent of Manaslu without supplementary oxygen
Who
Reinhold Messner
What
First
Where
Nepal
When
25 April 1972
Reinhold Messner (Italy) climbed Manaslu in the Nepalese Himalayas without supplementary oxygen on 25 April 1972. At 8,163 m (26,781 ft), Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain in the world; it was first ascended in 1956, by a Japanese team. Messner climbed the then-unknown south face.