Two members of the Project Himalaya Manaslu Expedition, Phil Crampton (UK) and Valerie Parkinson (UK), and climbing sherpa, Tarkey reached the summit of Manaslu (8163m) on 5th Oct 2008 at local time 9:30AM. According to Tarkey, theirs was the first group to reach the summit this season. Guntis Brands (Switzerland) and Stuart Gregory Smith (USA) tried to summit the next day (6th Oct), but gave up due to bad weather.
Phil Crampton
Tarkey
Valerie Parkinson
Elephant rides in the jungle of Chitwan National Park and visit to the outstanding Bhaktapur Durbar Square with such excellent guides are the best memories of our trip to Nepal. The service of Explore Himalaya is excellent.
We work with the motto "Tourism for Development". Explore Himalaya Community Service Project was conceived to empower underprivileged segments of Nepal.