{"id":15624,"date":"2021-10-02T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-02T13:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/?p=15624"},"modified":"2021-10-04T11:34:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T05:49:56","slug":"double-amputee-russian-climber-stands-atop-mt-manaslu-photos-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/2021\/10\/02\/double-amputee-russian-climber-stands-atop-mt-manaslu-photos-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Double amputee Russian climber stands atop Mt Manaslu (photos\/videos)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu<\/strong>: In what is a &#8220;tough task&#8221; even for experienced climbers, double amputee Rustam Nabiev successfully summited the eighth highest mountain in the world on Saturday morning.<br><br>The 28-year-old Russian used his hands to pull himself up to the summit of Mt Manaslu standing 8,163 meters, confirmed Mingma G, Managing Director of Imagine Nepal Trek and Expedition.<br><br>&#8220;This is the first time a double amputee has successfully climbed Mt Manaslu,&#8221; he told <em>Nepal Live Today<\/em> over a phone. &#8220;It is not easy to scale Mt Manalu as the summit is steep. The Russian climber made history by successfully climbing the mountain with the help of his hands,&#8221; said Mingma.<br><br>Nabiev has already climbed Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe, in 2020. The mountain stands 5,642 meters tall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rustam1.jpg?resize=720%2C894&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15626\" width=\"720\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rustam1.jpg?resize=618%2C768&amp;ssl=1 618w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rustam1.jpg?resize=768%2C955&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rustam1.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Rustam survived a terrible disaster when his army barracks collapsed on July 12, 2015. Despite being buried under the rubble all night, he was successfully rescued. There was a price, however; he lost both his legs,&#8221; according to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbth.com\/lifestyle\/327700-inspiring-instagram-russian-man-who-survived?fbclid=IwAR2AUh19oFTcnrjEwe_p8mY7NqywDJDHEuzh7xxRnb3Ot53FMQNdszFHGJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Russia Beyond.<\/a><br><br>This is the <a href=\"https:\/\/kathmandupost.com\/national\/2021\/09\/30\/first-in-45-years-22-climbers-make-rare-autumn-ascent-of-manaslu-main-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first time<\/a> mountaineers have scaled Mt Manaslu in the autumn season in the last 45 years. The last time, mountaineers scaled the mountain in the autumn season was in 1976.<br><br>For this season, the government has issued permits to 171 climbers to climb Mt Manaslu.<br><br>In the meantime, a Canadian mountaineer Brent Seal, 37, lost his life while summiting the mountain early this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/242604673_2947238822160648_6676348449737050747_n.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/242567291_384720193106732_1017618245970784576_n.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Photos\/videos: Rustam Nabiev\/Instagram<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: In what is a &#8220;tough task&#8221; even for experienced climbers, double amputee Rustam Nabiev successfully summited the eighth highest mountain in the world on Saturday morning. The 28-year-old Russian used his hands to pull himself up to the summit of Mt Manaslu standing 8,163 meters, confirmed Mingma G, Managing Director of Imagine Nepal Trek [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-feature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/rustam-main.png?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcWLTd-440","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nepallivetoday.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}