Qatari mountaineer summits eighth-highest mountain without oxygen

Doha: Qatari mountaineer Sheikha Asma Al Thani raised the Qatar flag for the first time on top of Manaslu as she also became the first Arab to summit an 8000er mountain without oxygen. 

"The Qatar flag has been raised for the first time on the top of Manaslu," she wrote on her Instagram page. 

Mount Manaslu is the eighth-highest mountain in the world which stands at 8,163 metres above sea level. It is located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in the west-central part of Nepal. Manaslu is one of the risky 8000ers to climb and is nicknamed "killer mountain" by locals because many people have died on its treacherous slopes.