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Jamie McGuinness

Our expedition services

Check our safety record, unmatched in Tibet

Ready for the big ones? We are ready to help you in whatever way you need - talk with us.

Our teams have had good, safe successes. Ours is not a race to the bottom price but a climb to the summit effort.
We are serious about running the best expeditions and our teams are smaller than most comparable outfits.

2012 Everest

With the Nov 2011 Tibet price increases we have adjusted our prices.

Hiunchuli 6441m

We trek into the stunning Annapurna Sanctuary for a lightweight expedition style 6000m peak ascent.

2-24 Mar, 22 days -- teahouse and alpine style -- Luke Smithwick -- US$2,450

2012 Everest (Lhotse) Expedition - Nepal

We are catering for several different teams, with room for more so talk with us!

7 Apr-2 June, 64 days -- Chris Klinke -- US$3?,980*

2012 Everest Expedition - Tibet

Guide-assisted with full support, surprising flexibility, the best weather forecasts, spare oxygen, email and plenty of other services. Above all we are dedicated to your safety and success.

9 Apr-7 June, 60 days -- Jamie McGuinness -- US$40,000*

Everest ABC Trek 6400m - Tibet

We explore Lhasa's eight wonder Potala Palace and then touch Everest on the highest trek in the world!

24 Apr-14 May, 21 days -- jeep safari & expedition-style -- US$4950*

North Col 7010m - Tibet

In the shadow of Everest we climb high!

24 Apr-17 May, 24 days -- jeep safari & expedition-style -- US$9950*

Shishapangma - Tibet

While all the main companies are on Everest we sneak up Shishapangma! This is a guided expedition with very experienced sherpas, but we can also offer base camp support.

21 Apr-2 June, 43 days -- Luke Smithwick -- US$15,950*

2012 Autumn

Himlung Expedition 7126m

Are you 6000m-experienced and ready to climb to the next level? We trek up the lost valley of Phu for a remote but straightforward 7000m expedition peak.

23 Sept-27 Oct, 35 days -- expedition style -- Luke Smithwick -- US$8,500

Our service

Our 8000m service

We have been running big peaks since 1999 and our professionally led/guide-assisted service is completely comparable to Jagged Globe, Adventure Peaks and the like. The differences between IMG, AAI, Adventure Consultants and other top operators is we don't fix guide ratios or always include doctor services.

We appreciate you have plenty of choice and above all we hope you end up booking with the right operator for you. Do read over inveterate climber Alan Arnette's recommendations and see what he says about Project Himalaya.

 

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Your crew

We provide the best climbing sherpas and expedition cooks. Because we have managed many expeditions we have a great team of dependable climbing sherpas you can rely on.

Safety on our guided climbs

For guide-assisted climbs on 8000m peaks safety is paramount. We have the best walkie-talkies, emergency oxygen and a comprehensive medical kit. Also a big part of safety is common sense, altitude sense and experience, and making good judgment calls; that is what your leader-guide is for.

In nearly 20x 8000m expeditions under Jamie's leadership, we have had only had two cases of frostbite and one evacuation off the mountain. We have had no deaths.

For Cho Oyu and Shishapangma we take a limited amount of Poisk bottled oxygen and regulators, so that if you decide that you want oxygen for the summit push, it is available. Additionally our crew carry a bottle plus regulator all the way to the summit just in case.

Who are you dealing with?

You are in good hands. The expedition services are organized by Explore Himalaya (Private) Limited, a Kathmandu-based company. The general manager is Suman Pandey, who has more than 15 years experience in the trekking and expedition industry.

Jamie McGuinness is Explore Himalaya's expedition consultant. He has been trekking and climbing in Nepal since 1988 and has written several guide books on Nepal including 'Trekking in the Everest Region' - now in the 5th edition.

Jamie has climbed many 6000m peaks and beginning in 1999 has summitted 8000m peaks more than a dozen times.

He has proved to be a capable, caring organizer and very strong at altitude. Sherpas enjoy working with him, not just because he speaks Nepali.

The differences

We prefer to run expeditions with lower numbers of members, 4-9 is nice, the big guns run 8-24, which often means things are less adaptable. But the downside of running small teams is that there are less guides, usually just Jamie and the sherpa team (and hence we prefer the term professionally-lead expeditions). Our process of discussing safety and weather issues is far more consultative, which often means we take a finer line.

There are also a few areas where we cut our costs: we don't supply expensive snacks; bring them yourself, also we don't have our own doctor, although often a doctor joins as a team member, and no wide screen TV in BC.

Contacting us

Interested and have questions? Please contact us...

I would like to know a few details about you:

- your ambitions (ie guide-assisted climb or base camp support, which mountain, season)

- your previous altitude experience

- are you a mountaineer?

- possible number of members

-telephone number, time zone and better times to call

 

info@project-himalaya.com

Warning: 8000m peaks are EXTREMELY demanding; requiring lots of willpower, tolerance of harsh conditions and reasonable fitness - do you have what it takes?

We look forward to meeting you!

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