Two Nepali mountain guides received diploma titles of Instructor in the sport of Canyoning.

French Ambassador to Nepal Michel Jolivet awarded the title to Kabindra Lama and Rajesh Lama (Tamang) amidst a function on Thursday.

Representatives from the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), the Nepal Mountaineering Association, TANN, NMIA and the Alliance Francaise were present on the occasion.

According to NTB, Kabindra Lama and Rajesh Lama are presently the only Nepali guides to have received this coveted diploma in canyoning and therefore the only fully qualified guides in Nepal who can provide safe training as well as total security to newcomers in this field.

From May to June 2006, they took an intense training course in France, the NTB added.