Bahrain is just three months away from conquering the Everest

For the past few months, the team members have been staying focused on preparing themselves for the big task with regular training. They are now working on to build their stamina, leg strength and flexibility through various exercises including rope climbing. We have “reenergized our determination and drive to succeed,” the team wrote after one of their gruelling sessions. The Royal Guard team said that they are now working on other aspects of the climb. “We are making sure that the team is not only fit for the mission but also the logistics are in place to achieve it.”

A good way to train for Everest is by climbing lower altitude mountains first, which the team had already done. The successful climb to Mt. Manaslu (8163m high) last year earned the team a rare honour, with the government there renaming a part of the Himalayam mountain to “Royal Bahrain Peaks”. Of course, the ongoing pandemic is a challenge, but the team had said they are game for the challenge. They said they are limiting themselves to the outside world as much as possible and is cultivating their mental toughness

Bahrain’s Everest team members are Christopher Anthony, Richard Warren Mcconnell, Phillip Clough, Mohamed Hamed Mohamed Al Khalifa, Ebrahim Mohamed Abdulla Ebrahim Mohamed, Mohamed Ali Jasim Ahmed Alboainain, Arafat Hamood Naji Ghurbah, Ebrahim Khalil Ebrahim Zayed Aljazzaf, Ahmed Saif Ahmed Isa Alkaabi, Arif Feroz Shah Murad Qalunder Ghulam, Mohamed Abdulrahman Yusuf Alkawari, Khaled Ali Hasan Ebrahim Hasan Aldossery, Abdulaziz Rafea Abbar Khalaf Alabed, Khaled Sultan Mohamed Abdulla Alsheerawi, Murad Mohamed Yusuf Abdulsayed, Ebrahim Ali Salem Jaber, Saud Hamad Mubarak Hamad Eid and Mohamed Isa Abdulla Yusuf Alqais.