KATHMANDU, SEPTEMBER 23

A 17-year-old female climber today scaled the world's eighth highest peak becoming the youngest American woman to reach the true summit of Mt Manaslu.

Born in 19 October 2006, Asha Noor Shehryar stood atop 8,163-metre mountain at around 4:10am becoming the youngest American woman climber to scale the mountain, Thaneswar Guragai, General Manager at Seven Summit Treks, said.

'Being part of the SST expedition, Asha and her guide Ngima Dorchi Sherpa reached the Manaslu true summit,' Guragai said.

Record holding climber Nima Rinji Sherpa is the youngest male climber in world to scale Manaslu at the age of 18.