Mr. Salah Salim Ahmed Al Habsi was handed over Nepal Mountaineering Association’s certificate of achievement for being the first climber from UAE to summit Mera Peak by Mr. Suman Pandey at Explore Himalaya’s office this afternoon. A shield commemorating the climber’s achievement was also handed over to the climber from Explore Himalaya’s side by Everest [...]
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Salah Salim Ahmed Al Habsi- First climber from UAE to summit Mera Peak
On 17th October 2010, Salah Salim Ahmed Al Habsi became the first climber from UAE (United Arab Emirates) to summit Mera Peak (6654m). The highest of Nepal’s trekking peaks, Mera Peak lies to the south of Everest, dominating the watershed between the wild and beautiful valleys of the Hinku and Hongu. After his return to [...]
In Memory of Hristo Prodanov, valiant friend
Mighty and beautiful, but equally treacherous, many climbers have perished on the slopes of the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. One such unlucky soul was Bulgarian climber Hristo Prodanov. On 20th April 1984 he became the first climber from his country to summit Mount Everest and the first climber to scale West Ridge solo without [...]
PH Saribung-(6327m) Expedition Team Summits
A team of five climbers who were on an expedition to Saribung Peak(6327m)organized by Project Himalaya and logistics arranged by Explore Himalaya summitted the peak today,ie October 7, 2010 (around midday).The peak lies in Damodar Himal, close to tibet. Explore Himalaya congratulates the sucessful team. Team members include: 1. Jamie McGuiness (New Zealand) 2. Matthias [...]
First Summit of the Season- EH’s Lhakpa Ri (7045m) Expedition
Explore Himalaya congratulates Dendruk Oleksandr from Ukraine & Camino Gonzalez Juan Antonio from Spain for summiting Lhakpa Ri(7045m) on 20th September 2010 at 1500 hrs (local time).This was the first summit of the season by a group whose expedition our company helped organize. We also congratulate Dendruk Oleksandr for becoming Explore Himalaya’s first Ukrainian client [...]
New Finding on Mallory & Irvine’s Everest Summit Push
One of the greatest mysteries in the mountaineering world has been whether British adventurers George Mallory & Andrew Irvine reach the summit of Mount Everest before disappearing during their Everest climb in 1924. A group of Canadian and Indian scientists claim to have cracked this mystery by analyzing 1924 meteorological data from the Himalayas held [...]
Explore Himalaya’s Year 2009 Report
In 2009 Explore Himalaya operated 196 tours & treks and organized the logistics for 16 expeditions. The expeditions were to both trekking and major peaks in Nepal & Tibet. Spring 2009 During Spring 2009, the company organized a total of 83 Tours & 10 Expeditions. S.N Peak Expedition Name Team – Name & Nationality 1. [...]
Everest Women 7 Summits Eco-Action to scale Mt.Elbrus
Everest Women 7 Summits Eco-Action (EW7SEA), an all-women team from Nepal who are on a mission to climb the world’s seven summits, scaled Australia’s highest peak Mt Kosciuszko (2,228m) on 7th July 2010. Now the team is all set to climb Mt Elbrus (5,642 m) in Russia, from August 23rd, 2010.Mt Elbrus is the tallest [...]
Clean-Up Drive at Mount Everest
Are our mountains turning into garbage dump sites? This is the question many of us may ask if we see the garbage littering our beautiful and rugged mountains. Looking at the pictures below,taken at Mount Everest, we can make out how climbers, in their race to conquer the mountain, leave behind ugly reminders of their [...]
Nepalese Government Officials Scale Yala Peak(5560m)
To prepare themselves for their ascent up Mount Everest next year, a 20-member team of Nepalese government officials scaled and the summit of Yala Peak (5560m) in the Langtang region on 28th June 2010.The team also included 6 trainers. The training programme was organised and managed by Mountain Training Academy Development Board affiliated to the [...]