Welcome To Your Local Sherpa Family

Everest and Annapurna Regions, Nepal, including for Indian Army Expedition; Coordinating equipment including climbing gear, food, oxygen tanks, accommodations, transportation, budgeting wages/fees, hiring/firing, extensive knowledge of trails including weather, avalanche patterns, wildlife habits (bear, bengal tiger), emergency medi-vac rescue arrangements

Chitwan National Park, Nepal, including elephant rides

 Mustang Kingdom aka "Forbidden Kingdom", Nepal, including horse back riding adventure trips featuring nomadic camping, holy site pilgrimages, sky caves tours, land cave exploration

U-Tang Region, Tibet; Running 26 trips with 4 Wheel multi-vehicle caravan entries into Tibet via desert routes and trekking throughout interior including holy site pilgrimages, in-depth knowledge of Tibet’s cultural history, understanding Chinese Police in Tibet, arranging trekking staff, food, transport

Tibet into Nepal, Karnali River, including for National Geographic filming crew

Arranging helicopter services for those in need of medi-vac, arranging for building supplies to be delivered, and at times hitching a ride when there is an empty seat saving us a five day walk- helipoters are like taxi's in the Himalaya

Conceived idea, initial investment for land purchase and building construction, house now serves Sherpa villagers for weddings and cultural cerimonies, providing the space and traditional clothing, plates, musical instruments

Conceived idea, initial investment for building construction providing multiple toilets for the growing student body, and much needed showers helping out the  monks as young as 5 yrs. at boarding school Sherpa monastery

Construction debt relief to Sherpa Project Initiator/Founding Member, he did all the work, we provided the needed funds to payoff debt collectors, built on faith, paid off with good timing

Uncovering, rehabilitated over 33 mani walls throughout my home village, putting our village on the Nepal map as having the most Mani Walls in one village, I called a friend at national radio- he featured a prime time story on our preservation success

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Conceived idea, constructed first ever greenhouse in Everest Region, initiating mulltiple Sherpa villages' greenhouse projects, revolutionizing vegetable growth in high altitudes

Conceived idea and built this hydro-powered grinding mill for corn, wheat, buckwheat, beans and more, saving the villagers 4 hours of walking time to the previously closest mill. Now with our own mill, there's time for tea

Consultation was easy when two representatives from Everest Region's Agriculture Department trekked the 5 hour walk to my house to learn how I successfully grew the region's first tomatoes

Building dam facilitating hydro-electric power supply to 7 villages in the Sagarmatha Everest Region, partnered with Italian engineer experts. This project brought the first ever electricity power to this district of Everest Region