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🇨🇭 Project 14x8000m peaks no-O²
🔜 Manaslu 8163m 🇳🇵
🇳🇵Annapurna IV 7525m ❌️
🇳🇵AmaDablam 6812m
🇦🇷 Aconcagua 6962m
🧗‍♂️ 47x4000m in the Alps

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Film memories from our summer climb of Lagginhorn 4010m.
@simon.niklaus_ @mogiacomelli
19.07.2026
Pentax zoom 70r + Kodak Max 400

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Habillé pour l’Everest, par plus de 30 °C.🥵

Une combinaison faite pour le froid des 8000 mètres, portée dans un studio rempli de haze. C’est ce qu’a vécu @simon.niklaus_ pour le teaser de son projet : gravir les 14 plus hauts sommets du monde. 🏔️

Haze, lumières RGB, filtre halo : nous avons testé beaucoup de choses, et pris un vrai plaisir à expérimenter.

Merci Simon pour ta patience et ta résistance à la chaleur. 🌡️
Et merci à @pixelpoets.ch pour le studio !

Coulisses et images du teaser à faire défiler. 👀

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Manaslu vibes and the AGA Adventure team ❤️🏔️

I miss every bit and every bite of our Manaslu journey. Although I couldn’t make it to the summit due to the weather conditions, I experienced so many ups and downs, laughter, tears, challenges, and unforgettable moments along the way.

Manaslu gave me memories and experiences that I will carry with me forever. It was truly one of the most beautiful and emotional journeys of my life.

To my amazing AGA Adventure team.wishing you all the very best on your journey ahead. I miss every one of you and every moment we shared. ❤️

Until we meet again… Manaslu will always have a special place in my heart. 🏔️❤️

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A few words about our amazing Manaslu team 🏔️❤️

As we bring our expedition to a close, my heart is full and a little heavy. It’s really hard to watch people who have put so much time, effort and passion into a dream have it taken away. The weather on the mountain this year was unforgiving: constant rain and snow, and now a dangerous cyclone hitting the mountain as I write this. Basecamp has already seen over a metre of fresh snow. Sometimes the mountain simply says not this time, and keeping everyone safe will always come first.

Each and every client on this trip brought something special:
Tom, an absolute sweetheart, so determined yet so loving.
Dave, the machine. Nothing will ever stop him!
Simon, as prepared as mountaineers come, meticulous with admin and just a little bit crazy 😂
Ben, the family man, strong and quiet, the rock of our group.
Sang, our Nepali queen, full of determination and beauty 👑
Pepe, so eager to learn and develop as a climber and always pushing himself to the max.

And of course, the backbone of this expedition, our incredible Sherpa team and Basecamp staff: Ongchhu Sherpa, Gelu Sherpa, Tiger, Tenzi Sherpa, Lakpa Sherpa, Lhemi Sherpa, Ang Dawa Sherpa, Saila Dai, Chirring, Pemba Tamang and Tej. And of course Kanchan in Kathmandu. From setting up a beautiful Basecamp, to carrying loads to Camp 3, to supporting our clients every step of the way and cooking the most insane food, none of this is possible without you 🙏

We are so proud of every single one of you. Manaslu will still be there, and so will we.

Much love,
Gelje & Adri 🇳🇵

#Manaslu #AGAAdventures #Himalaya #Nepal

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Base camp —— Camp 1
Uma jornada longa carregando equipamentos e debaixo de condições difíceis, mas com um espetáculo da natureza no final do dia.

Como toda conquista, é necessário passar por pressão e momentos de desconforto, para receber o resultado positivo. Existe outro jeito de conquistar a vitória?

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🙏🙏🙏 manaslu puja. 🌬️ protection @sherpa_dawa_aang 🩼🩼🫂🙏🙏🙏 namaste. 🙏

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inspired 💭 𝙊𝙣𝙚, 𝙉𝙤. 🩼🩼 @adri.brownlee @gelje_sherpa_ @agaadventures_ @jtc_travels @tiger_sherpa_04 @altitude_dreamer @pepefiamoncini @benwright1000 @simon.niklaus_ @sth_sangya @s_lhemi 🙏 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 🎬⏳

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we. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 🩼🩼 @adri.brownlee @gelje_sherpa_ no, one ✍️💭 the story is alive. 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝘼 𝙒𝙖𝙮. 🌬️ 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶? #no #one #all #ways #himalayas @myprotein @myproteinpro

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This evening we said goodbye to our incredible team of @agaadventures_ porters who carried all of our heavy equipment along the trekking route to Samagaun.

Without these amazing individuals there’s no way any of us would be able to make it to Basecamp, let alone attempt to summit an 8000M mountain.

Local porters will carry our equipment to Basecamp the day after tomorrow.

#nepal #manaslu #8000er @benwright1000 @agaadventures_ @sth_sangya @pepefiamoncini @altitude_dreamer @sherpa_dawa_aang @simon.niklaus_

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The time has come. Manaslu expedition 2026 has begun! Shopping, kit checks, briefing and dinner complete.

Now it’s time to fly to Pokhara and begin the drive to the start of the Manaslu trek 🤘🏼🏔️🇳🇵

An epic group from all over the world, representing Brazil 🇧🇷, Canada 🇨🇦, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Nepal 🇳🇵 and UK 🇬🇧

Let’s gooooo

#manaslu #agaadventures #nepal #nepaltourism #8000m

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⛰️❄️Simon Niklaus veut atteindre un sommet à 8163 mètres sans la moindre bouteille d’oxygène.

Dans quelques jours, le Biennois s’envolera pour le Népal afin de tenter le Manaslu, son premier 8000 mètres. Depuis six mois, il prépare son corps à affronter l’air raréfié de la «zone de mort».

À Bienne, il l’assure: il préférerait renoncer plutôt qu’utiliser l’assistance respiratoire. Mais là-haut, quand son corps lui criera de faire demi-tour, cette conviction tiendra-t-elle?

🔗Article complet à lire sur le JdJ.
📸Nga Wang Thindu/ Manish Maharjan/ Simon Niklaus

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Schreckhorn 4,078 m. One of those days we won’t forget anytime soon.

Often considered the most difficult 4,000er in Switzerland by its normal route, the ZS+ Southwest Ridge gave us a proper adventure: over 18 hours from Schreckhornhütte to the summit and all the way down to Grindelwald station.

After a very short night, we got up at 1:45 AM and started at 2:30, crossing the Schreckfirn in darkness and reaching the start of the climbing at 3,450 m before 6:00.

From there, around 600 vertical metres of climbing up to 4a lead to the summit. About 400 m below the top, however, Simi developed stomach problems. We took a longer break and seriously considered turning around. After some rest, an Algifor and a caffeine shot - a combination I’m not sure I’d recommend in hindsight 😅 - he suddenly felt much better and we decided to push on.

Shortly before 10:00 we stood on the 4,078 m summit together with several of the climbers we'd met at the hut. The panorama was incredible: Grindelwald and even Bern in one direction, endless glaciers and mountains in the other, with the Eiger and Finsteraarhorn standing out in the distance.

Then came the long way down: around 20 rappels, where we teamed up with another rope team we'd met the night before Not sure our two rope system actually made us faster 😄, but by the end we'd perfected it and made two new friends along the way.

Back at Schreckhornhütte we quickly repacked and continued down at 17:30. The last Pfingstegg cable car was already gone. When we finally got reception, I realised my last train home was leaving in less than two hours.

So after already being on the move for around 16 hours, I started running. A while later I looked back and saw Simi running after me. 😂

We made the train.

It’s amazing what the body can still do when you think there can't be much left. Sometimes you only find out when you push it a little further.

Home at 00:30, falling asleep almost exactly 24 hours after the alarm.

A huge day, great friend, an incredible mountain and an adventure I won’t forget.

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