Mostafa Salameh

He reached South Pole on January 15, 2016. He is now 1 of 16 people in the world who completed the Explorers Grand Slam.

He completed the "Seven Summits" on November  16, 2012 and is now among the (as of 2012) 235 people in the world at the time to have stood on top of the highest peak on every continent. He reached the North Pole on April 19, 2014.

In 2012, Mostafa launched the "From the Lowest Point to the Highest Point for Cancer" initiative, where he led a group of 20 individuals to Everest Base Camp in Nepal in April 2013, raising $620,000 for the King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC), and again in February 2014, when he led another group of Jordanians to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania raising $1,400,000.00 for the benefit of the KHCC.

In 2008, Mostafa was awarded the Independence Medal by King Abdullah II of Jordan for his ascent of Everest. His Royal Highness Ali Ibn Al Hussein and HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, the King’s brother and sister respectively, have also been major supporters.

Salameh first became interested in mountaineering in 2004 while working as a food and beverage manager at the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland. His interest started when he had a dream of himself praying on top of Mt. Everest. His first climb in the Himalaya was in April 2004, when he tried to climb Mera Peak (6,500 metres (21,300 ft)) in Nepal, but had to retreat just 200 metres (660 ft) from the top because of illness. His ascent of Everest was finally made on May  25, 2008, Jordan Independence Day, after he had sold some of his possessions to fund the expedition. He rang his parents and the King of Jordan via satellite phone from the peak.

Mostafa Salameh, OSJ (born June  25, 1970) is a Jordanian mountaineer who has completed the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest in 2008. Salameh is also a motivational speaker.