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Climbing Sherpas and Guides

You will be led by professional climbing and trekking guides while your holidays in the Himalayas with Satori Adventures. Our climbing guides are experienced Everest and Himalayan veterans. Combined with our Sherpa support, this provides you with your best chance of secure summit.

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Mingma Temba Sherpa

Position: Senior Sirdar/ Climbing Guide 

Mingma Sherpa has a real passion for climbing, having lived and climbed at high elevations in most of the Himalayan mountain ranges. He is one of our most experienced Himalayan Guides with a great personality and exceptional ability to work with and care for his climbing clients. He is earnest about his work with an immense sense of humor and loves giving his clients a real sense of Nepalese Sherpa culture. His English is suitable for essential communication during climbing and trekking. Mingma has been working with the principles of the business since 2006.

Mingma is a professional guide certified by the Nepal Government and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) and has completed general and technical training on Mount Gangapurna and various advanced rescue programs.

Mingma’s summits include Everest (11th summit from both Nepal and Tibet), K2 (1st summit), Cho Oyu (1st summit), Shishapangma (1st summit), Manaslu (9th summit), Amadablam (05th summit), Himlung(4th summit), Putha (1st summit), and multiple summits of Island Peak, Mera Peak, Lobuche peak, Yala Peak, Chulu Peak and many other peaks above 6000 meters. 

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Pema Sherpa

Pema Sherpa

Position: Senior Climbing Guide / Expedition leader

Mr Pema is one of our company's affiliated climbing guides. He was born on 23rd August 1973 at Pathivara-01, Sankhuwasabha. He started his career as a porter at 18 and afterwards became one of the best Sherpa Guide in our team. With 30 years of experience in mountaineering expedition, peak climbing, and trekking, he has always intended to complete the journey with total dedication and satisfaction of the clients. He has been involved in training from HMG, Tourism Training Center, first aid training from KEEP, rock climbing, ice climbing training, etc. And a certified peak climbing guide by the NMA. Making him very professional and well-trained in this travel business. 

He has climbed Everest via South Col (06 times),  Everest via North Col (06 times), including Mt. Manaslu (09th times), Mt. Amadablam (7th times), Cho-Oyu (04th times) and Shishapangma (2 times), K2 (01 summit), Kanhenjung (01 summit), Annapurna (01 summit). Similarly, the summit of Muztagata, Shey Shikhar, Island Peak, Mera Peak, and Pisang Peak many times. Looking back, he has done many successful climbs during the spring and autumn seasons. Still, the number of the summit is adding up, and his still in a good physical and mental state to conquer many more mountains worldwide.

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Lakpa Tasi Sherpa

Position: Senior Climbing Guide/ Sirdar

Lakpa Tasi Sherpa has many years of experience living and climbing at high elevations. He has basic English proficiency for communication during expedition, climbing and trekking. He had attended various courses at Khumbu Climbing School, completed a week-long medical course at Khunde, and trekking and mountain climbing guide certification by the Mountain Climbing, Trekking Guides Association and Nepal Mountaineering Association, as well as advanced and basic mountaineering training by NMA. He also did advance photography training in Kathmandu.

Lakpa Tasi Sherpa’s climbing experience includes Everest from the South Col (7th time), Lhotse(1st time), Cho Oyu (2nd time), Manaslu (4th time), Shishapangma (1st time), Putha (1st time), Himlung (2nd time) and K2 (1st time). Including Island Peak (3rd time), Tilicho, Pisang Peak, Chulu East and West and many other 6000m peaks.

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Nurbu Sherpa

Nurbu Sherpa was born on Pathibhara 04, Sankhuwasabha on the date of 13th January 1997. He is a devoted, disciplined, and active climbing sherpa guide. His personality and experience in mountaineering and expeditions are precious to all climbers. He had done Basic Mountaineering, Guide porter License training,  Basic Rescue training, wilderness first air, rock climbing and Introductory Mountaineering Training.

He had summited Mount Everest 3 times, Lhotse 3 times and Manaslu 3 times as 8000 meters. He had climb Amadablam 3 times, Island Peak 05-time, Mera peak 05 time, Lobuche east Peak 06 time and many more Peak. Looking back, he has done many successful climbs during the spring and autumn seasons. Still, the number of the summit is adding up, and his still in a good physical and mental state to conquer many more mountains worldwide.

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Nima Sherpa

Position: Climbing Sherpa guide

Nima Sherpa was born on 1995.07.23 in the fifth highest mountain region Makalu 07, Sankhuwasabha. He has abounding years associate alive and advancing at top elevations. He has Basic English ability enough for admonition during advancing and trekking. He has different abounding courses with the Khumbu Advancing School and is able-bodied, completed a week-long medical beforehand at Khunde and is as strong a Biking and Mountain Advancing Guide certified by the Mountain Advancing and Biking Guides Association and Nepal Mountaineering Association. Mr Nima had also basic, advanced and rescue training from the Nepal mountaineering association.

He had summited Mount Everest from South Col (4th time), K2(1st time), Amadablam (1st time), Lhotse (2nd time), Manaslu (4th time), including peak climbing Lobuche, Island Peak, Mera Peak and other 6000m and 7000m peak. 

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Phurba Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide / Expedition leader 

Mr Phurba Sherpa was born on 29th June 1989 in Pathivara-01, Sankhuwasabha. He started his career as a porter for 2 years and became a climbing guide at 20. He is a hardworking, active and diligent climbing guide. With 12 years of experience in mountaineering expedition, peak climbing, and trekking is certified as a peak climbing guide by the NMA. Receiving guide training from NATHM, an introductory mountaineering course by NMA, and first aid training by TAAN have added a plus point to his career and experience as a climbing guide. He has successfully summited Everest via South Col (3 Summit), Manaslu (1st summit), Lhotse (3 summit), Himlung (2 times) and AMA-Dablam (2nd time), including several famous peaks like Island Peak, Mera Peak, Yala Peak, Lobuche, Chulu Far East, and Pisang Peak. He is well known in the Japanese language. That's what made him the priority of most of the Japanese clients.

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Tendi Sherpa

Position: High Altitude Climbing Guide

Tendi Sherpa belongs to the Solukhumbu, Sagarmatha, in the eastern part of Nepal. He started his career in his early life as a porter and then became a climbing Sherpa. He perused his climbing skills professionally in 2009. He had successfully summited the number of 6000m, 7000m and 8000m peaks of Nepal. He received his climbing guide training from Nepal Mountaineering Association. He is a deep passion for trekking, climbing, mountaineering, and expedition within the lap of white snowy Himalayas. He has good sufficient skills and knowledge on the basis of English and Hindi to communicate with clients. Tendi Sherpa summit experience includes Mt. Everest (3rd time), Amadablam (1st time), Manaslu (2nd time), and Himlung (1st time). Similarly, he has several experiences under and below the 6000M peak climbing like Lobuche (2nd time), Island (3rd time), Mera (1st time) and Chulu East (3rd time).

Furte Sherpa

Position: High Altitude Climbing Guide

Furte Sherpa was born on 07 April 1994 in Makalu-04, Sankhuwasabha district in the eastern part of Nepal. With his excellent personality and high experience in mountaineering and expeditions, he is valuable to all our existing and new members. From the beginning to this date, he is showing his genuine interest, profound responsibility, and hardworking in his work. He is also a certified peak climbing guide by the NMA. With many years of climbing and guiding experience, he has become our experienced Sherpa guide. He loves guiding and taking excellent care of his clients. His climbing experience includes Mt. Everest South (8,848.86 m)(3rd time), Everest North (1 time), Ama-Dablam, (1 time), Manaslu (1 time), Himlung Himal (2nd time), Island Peak (2nd time ), Labuche Peak (2nd time), and other several peaks above 6000m.

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Pemba Sherpa

Mr. Pemba Sherpa, a climbing guide from Bakachol - 2, Khotang, is an enthusiastic climber with an abundant of knowledge and expertise. He obtained his training as a trekking guide in 2013, basic high mountaineering rescue and introductory training in 2017, basic climbing, basic first aid, and rock level I in 2018, and basic navigation training in 2023. Since 2014, He has worked as a climbing guide for our organization. He has grown to be one of our most experienced Sherpa guides after many years of climbing and leading. He enjoys guiding and caring for his customers. For communication during climbing and trekking, his English is adequate.

Mr. Pemba Sherpa has summited Mt. Annapurna twice, Mt. Makalu twice, Himlung Himal three times, and a number of peaks in the 6000-meter range, including Mt. Island Peak, Mt. Mera Peak, Mt. Lobuche East Peak, Mt. Gyaljen Peak, Mt. Pisang Peak, and Mt. Dhampus Peak.

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Nar Bahadur Astani

Position: Climbing Sherpa and Trekking Guide

Mr Nar Bahadur Astani from Sindhuli is a passionate climber with a wealth of knowledge and experience. He works as a climbing and trekking guide for our company. He obtained lots of training like IFMGA/ Diploma in Mountain Guide, DISCENT IS 3000CH/ France and Swiss SKI Level Two, NMA SKI Level One, HCMS/TOT/ General Trainings of Trainer, NNMGA/ NMA Aspirant Guide, NMA Advance Mountaineering Training, NMIA Rock Level One, NMIA Basic Rescue Training, NMIA Navigation Course, Ice Climbing Advance, NMIA Basic Mountaineering Training, NMIA Introductory Rock climbing course and NATHAM Guide Trainings. After several years of guiding and climbing, he has become one of our most skilled Sherpa climbers. He enjoys assisting and tending to his clients. He has summited Mt. Everest, Mt. Lenin Peak, Mt. Amadablam and from 6000m Mera Peak, Island Peak, Lobuche Peak, Chulu East Peak, Sarebung and Pachermo Peak. He also did 100 days on the Upper Great Himalayan Trail.

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Rinjee Sherpa

Position: Climbing Sherpa and Trekking Guide

Mr. Rinjee Sherpa from Silichong, Sankhuwasabha, has years of expertise living and climbing at great altitudes in most Himalayan mountains. He is one of our most qualified climbing guides and enjoys interacting with other mountain lovers and climbing. He acquired Porter Guide License, Basic Mountaineering, Mountain Rescue, Mountain Navigation and Introductory Rock Climbing Training and Courses. He has summited Mt. Cho-Oyu, Dhaulagiri from 8000m and Mt. Baruntse and Mt. Amadablam from 7000m. 6000m peak climbing includes Saribung, Pokharkhang, Mera, Island and Lobuche East.

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Kami Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide / Expedition leader 

Mr Kami Sherpa was born on 19th June 1989 in Pathivara-01, Sankhuwasabha. He has years of experience living and climbing high altitudes in most Himalayan ranges. He is one of our most experienced climbing guides, passionate about climbing and getting around mountain lovers. His always upfront regarding helping his client and their safety. Been in this field for 21 years, gaining expertise in Nepal's mountaineering, climbing, and trekking field. He is very professional in guiding as he has been certified by the Nepal Government, Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA), and guide training from NATHM on a Basic Mountaineering Course. He had successfully climbed Annapurna (1 time), Dhaulagiri (1 time) & Everest till camp-03 (1 time), including several famous peaks like Island Peak, Mera Peak, Yala Peak, Lobuche, Chulu Far East, and Pisang Peak. He is multilingual, knowing French, Tibetan, English, and Nepali.

Pemba Ongdi Sherpa

Position: High Altitude Climbing Guide

Pemba Ongdi Sherpa was born in Yaphu-09, Sankhuwasabha village in the eastern part of Nepal. He established his career as a climbing guide in Nepal with lots of dedication and hard work from the beginning in the Himalayan. Ongdi Sherpa is a highly experienced, professional guide who has successfully summited a number of 6000m, 7000m, and 8000m peaks. He is our valuable climber and helped many of our other climbers in high-altitude mountaineering expeditions in the Himalayas to reach the summit. He received his guide training from the Nepal Academy in 2009 and was certified by the Nepal Mountaineering Association. He has good communication skills in English and Tibetan languages. Some of his successful summits are Everest south (5th time), Lhotse (1st time), Makalu (1st time), Amadablam (2nd time), Manaslu (4th time), Pumori (1st time), Putha (1st time) and Himlung Himal (2nd time). 

Mingmar Dorji Tamang

Position: Climbing Sherpa, Trekking Guide and Chef

Mr. Mingmar was born in Lukla, Solukhumbhu on Nov 01, 1978. He has spent years living, climbing at high altitudes in most Himalayan peaks and working as head chef for mountain expeditions. He is one of our most experienced climbing guide, head chefs, and is enthusiastic about climbing and meeting other mountain enthusiasts. His work profile as a head chef in the mountain includes the Mt. Everest Expedition from both Tibet and Nepal, Mt. Dhaulagiri, Mt. Kanchenjunga and Mt. Barunche Expedition. Also worked as a Base Camp manager in the Mt. Amadablam Expedition in 2005. Looking at his climbing history, he summited Mera, Island and Lobuche Peak. 

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Nurbu Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide
Mr Nurbu Sherpa was born on 07th May 1985 at Makalu-05, Sankhuwasabha district. He is a devoted, disciplined, and active climbing sherpa guide. His personality and experience in mountaineering and expeditions are precious to all climbers. He has a high success rate helping his client summit and has been doing so since the spring of 2015. He had faced several unfortunate circumstances during the summit period of several mountains and peaks, and he cleverly managed the difficulties and turned hardships into successes. Nurbu is one of our most experienced Himalayan guides with a great personality and exceptional ability to work with and care for his climbing clients. His English language skill is satisfactory, and he communicates fluently during climbing and trekking. He received his trekking guide training from the Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management. Also received introductory rock climbing training & basic mountaineering from the Nepal Mountaineering Instructors Association. His climbing experience includes Everest (2nd time), Baruntse (7th time), Tukuche, Ama Dablam, Mera Peak, Pharchermo Peak, Pisang Peak, Thapa Peak, and Dhampus Peak. Along with successfully summiting the famous Himal peaks of Nepal, he also has a long time of experience summiting some famous peaks of India like Nanda Devi, Trisul, and Kamet.

Dawa Jamba Sherpa

Dawa Jamba Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide

Mr. Dawa Jamba Sherpa was born on 02 October 1978 at Makalu-09, Sankhuwasabha district. He is one of our most experienced climbing guides with vast climbing experience. He did trekking guide training from HMG, Tourism Training Center Kathmandu, KEEP first aid training, rock and ice climbing training in the Khumbu Region, basic mountaineering course training from NMA and helicopter rescue training from NMIA, Kathmandu. Stepping into the travel and tourism industry as a porter in 1996, he upgraded his position to sherpa guide later in 2007. He is a polite and humble guy who loves being in the mountains and helping his clients. His experience in summitting is Mt.Everest South col (4th time), Mt.Everest North col (1 time),  Mt. Cho-Oyu (2nd time), Mt. Shishapangma (2nd time), Makalu (1 time), Manaslu (1 time), Barunche (1 time), and Gimmigela(1 time). Talking about peak climbing and trekking, he has done it countless times. He is good and very fluent in English and a great person to be around.

Ngima Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide

Ngima Sherpa has a passion for climbing and many years living and climbing at high altitudes. Ngima was born on 19th March 1986 in 09-Bakachol, Khotang district. He took done RECCO introductory course, basic mountaineering, and trekking guide course in 2012 by Nepal Mountaineering Association. From the very start of his career till date, he has been working with Satori Adventure. He knows basic English sufficient for communication during climbing and trekking. Ngima is a very experienced and mature trekking expedition. He has been working in the industry for more than a decade now. He started his career as a porter staff on the trip and has worked as an expedition climber for a long time. Mr Sherpa has all the knowledge that an expedition guide needs to know. His climbing experience includes Mt. Everest in 2016, Lhotse (1st time), and Amadablam (4th time). Additionally, he has summited the other famous peaks of Nepal, covering 7000m and 6000m of Island Peak, Lobuche peak, Naya kanga, Mera peak, and Trishul Mountain (India).

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Thuktang Sherpa

Position: Climbing Sherpa Guide

Thuktang Sherpa was born in Yaphu -09 Sankhuwasabha area on the famous pathway to the Makalu. Witnessing throngs of Everest summiteers in his childhood, he heeded his call to become a Sherpa climbing guide and joined the NMA Mountaineering School in Manang, where he developed his professional approach to climbing and guiding. With many years of climbing and guiding experience, he has become one of our most experienced and valuable Sherpa guides. He is a professional guide certificated by Nepal Government and Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA); general and technical training in Manang. He also has formal training and certification as Trekking and Mountain Climbing Guide from Mountain Climbing and Trekking Guides Associations.

He has a great Sherpa personality with maturity, caring for customers with a great sense of duty and humour, making the ‘Climbing with Sherpa’ experience memorable and safe. He is very serious about his work but exhibits a high sense of humour, giving customers a real sense of Nepalese Sherpa culture and a first-class climbing experience. His English is sufficient for communication during climbing and trekking, and he has a repertoire of humour for all occasions and situations to make the climbing experience not only safe but fun as well. He had summited Mount Everest from South Col (2nd time), Mount Amadablam (2nd time), Manaslu (1st time), Himlung (1st time), and Dhaulagiri (1st time), including peaks like Lobuche, Island Peak Mera Peak and other 6000m and 7000m peak successfully.

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Wongchu Sherpa

Wongchu Sherpa

Position: Technical Climbing Guide / Sirdar

Mr Wangchu Sherpa has established his mountain climbing reputation in Nepal with impressive achievements of several significant summits such as Everest, Manaslu and Lhotse and a number of significant 6000m and 7000m peaks. He is a highly skilled guide who has been affiliated with the principals of the company since 2009. He received his Trekking Guide training from Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management, KEEP first aid training, rock and ice climbing training in Manang and is certified by the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

His climbing experience includes Everest (one summit from Nepal via the South Col and one summit from Tibet via the North Col), Manaslu (two summits), Makalu (three summits), Ratna Chuli (seven summits), Himlung, Baruntse, Ama Dablam (twelve summits), Pisang Island, Lobuche, Mera, Singa Chuli, Tharpu Chuli.  

Ongdak Sherpa

Position: Climbing Guide

Ongdak Sherpa was born on 1st Nov 1998, at Makalu - 4 , Sankhuwasabha district. He is one of our team's youngest and yet more robust climbing sherpa. His young, enthusiastic habit and no give-up spirit motivate other team members. He is a fun-loving, amiable and humble person who loves to work in the lap of the Himalayas. He has been involved in the expedition and peak climbing and has been able to summit in his short time. He has a go-getter attitude, making him successful in most summits. Despite facing lots of hurdles during the expedition and peak climbing, the way he tackles the situation is impressive, and he always returns with an entire successful summit. He has done an introductory mountaineering course and rock climbing training, which added a plus point in his mountain career. A few of his summits are Mt. Everest South (1st time), Mera Peak and Lobuche Peak.

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