Page "Manaslu" Paragraph 20

In 1950, H. W. Tilman was the first European to lead an expedition to the Annapurna Range with a small party of five compatriots.

They walked on foot from the Kathmandu valley ( six days of trekking from the valley ), and using Manang as their base camp they started exploring the mountain ranges, peaks and valleys of the Annapurna massif.

During this exploration, while making a reconnaissance of the higher reaches of the Dudh Khola, they clearly saw Manaslu from Bumtang.

Three months later, after their aborted trip to Annapurna IV, Tilman, accompanied by Major J. O. M. Roberts ( who later became popular as " the father of Himalayan trekking "), trekked to Larkya La pass and from there saw Manaslu and its plateau and concluded that there was a direct route to the summit, although they did not make an attempt on it.