Adventure Stories | BY Rami Rasamny | PUBLISH DATE: July 16 2026 | READ TIME: 3 mins | UPDATED DATE: July 16 2026
Adel Nazih Summits the Eiger via the Mittellegi Ridge with Life Happens Outdoors
Adel Nazih reached the summit of the Eiger via the Mittellegi Ridge at 8:10 am local time on 16 July 2026, marking Life Happens Outdoors’ first Eiger summit of the year. The achievement followed a guide led change of objective after challenging conditions ruled out his planned Matterhorn climb. Adel reached the summit of the […]
Adel Nazih reached the summit of the Eiger via the Mittellegi Ridge at 8:10 am local time on 16 July 2026, marking Life Happens Outdoors’ first Eiger summit of the year. The achievement followed a guide led change of objective after challenging conditions ruled out his planned Matterhorn climb.
Adel reached the summit of the Eiger, in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, with IFMGA mountain guide John McCune after a week in which his LHO guides and trainers assessed the mountain conditions and his progression before recommending the more advanced objective.
A progression built since 2020
Adel is a Palestinian refugee based in Dubai. He has been climbing with Life Happens Outdoors since 2020, building his experience across a series of increasingly demanding mountain objectives.
His previous summits include Kilimanjaro, Weissmies, Tête Blanche, Castor, Naso del Lyskamm, Punta Gnifetti and Zumsteinspitze.
During the week leading to the Eiger, IFMGA/ACMG mountain guide Jesse Bouliane led Adel through the training portion of the programme, including the Perrons Traverse, Marbrées Traverse and Entrèves Traverse.
That longer progression gave the LHO team important context, but the decision to recommend the Eiger was based on what Adel demonstrated during the current week as well as what the mountains themselves would allow.
A decision shaped by conditions and progress
Adel began the week intending to climb the Matterhorn. When conditions meant that objective should not proceed, the team did not treat the original summit plan as fixed.
Life Happens Outdoors would normally reserve the Eiger for climbers who already have Matterhorn experience. Across the three training traverses, however, Adel’s progress gave the guiding team the confidence to consider a more advanced alternative.
After reviewing his performance and the conditions on the available objectives, the LHO team recommended the Eiger. John McCune then guided Adel on the Mittellegi Ridge, reaching the summit with him at 8:10 am before completing the descent safely the same day.
The decision reflected what Adel had demonstrated in real alpine terrain, rather than ambition alone. The summit became the defining result of a flexible week that drew on the same progression and guide led decision making built into the LHO Eiger Course.
Continuing LHO’s Eiger record
According to LHO’s internal Eiger records, Adel’s summit preserves the company’s 100 per cent client summit record on the mountain. It follows Nelly Attar’s successful 2024 Eiger ascent with LHO and Jean-Louis Moukarzel’s later summit, documented in his account of climbing the Eiger.
That record is not a summit guarantee. The Eiger remains a serious alpine objective, and every recommendation depends on the climber’s readiness, the condition of the mountain and the judgement of the guides.
Adel’s week shows why an alpine programme must remain adaptable. A planned objective may be ruled out, while a different one may become appropriate only when the climber’s progression and the mountain conditions support it.
Climbers considering their own progression can explore LHO’s guided mountaineering trips in the Alps, from foundational training to advanced objectives such as the Matterhorn and the Eiger.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rami Rasamny
Rami Rasamny is the founder of Life Happens Outdoors, a premium adventure travel company that uses the outdoors as a catalyst for human transformation. His work brings people into the mountains not only for challenge, but for clarity, confidence, and connection. He believes that when people answer the call to adventure truthfully, they come back different.
