Our Nepal guides and office staff

We partner with Expedition Himalaya for most of our Nepal operations 

Great staff are the key and the success of our exploratory treks, in particular, is because of our hard-working staff and porters.

We started working with Dawa in 1999 and haven't looked back and I (Jamie) have shared summits and adventures with every guide and cook, many of whom first came along as trek sherpas and kitchen hands. Between us, we have well over 100x 8000m summits (and no injuries or deaths).

2018: Expedition Himalaya office staff and around half the guides, the older half!

Guide profiles

Here are a few guide profiles, more to come sometime:

Bali (Bal Bahadur) Lopchan

Jamie and Bali at the end of our 2015 GHT Wild West trek

Tawa Sherpa

Probably more impressive than climbing Everest (which he has) is being Camp 2 cook on Everest, Tawa has risen from cook to guide.

2009 Tawa cooking after the crazy wind at the Mera La "hotel" - Jamie

Bire (Bir Bahadur) Tamang

2010 Bire with the Mustang and Saribung Wild awesome team 

Dawa (Da'Gelje) Sherpa

2006: Dawa enjoying a tungba in the Kanchenjunga region - Jamie

Aiteram Lopchan

Bali's brother, who has accompanied us on many of the most challenging treks, and as a trek sherpa has occasionally carried big loads to save the day.

Aiteram Lopchan - guide and trek sherpa

Trek and expedition memories

Here is a taster of a few of the expeditions and treks we have shared together.

Recent previous treks
2017 | 2016 |2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
2005 | 2004 | 2002-03 | 2000-01 | pre-2000

2016 Upper Dolpo Magic - Bali, Aiteram, Tawa and Pasang - Jamie

2008 Everest, our team L-R:

Sarki (cook, BC manager), Sonam (new kitchen crew) Dawa (sirdar), Jangbu, Pasang Gombu, Kami, Da'Ongchhu, Tawa (C2 cook), Jamie, Raphael, Nima Tenzi, Andy, Gina, Anselm, James

And on the other side of the chotar: Nawang Geden, David, Pasang Gyelu, Mindu, Tarke, Mingma Lhakpa (kitchen) and Chewang Palden, missing Namgyal

2006 PH Everest summit L-R: Chewang Palden, Pasang Gomba, Kami Dorje, behind standing Anne, Dawa Gelje, Mindu, Tarke

2006 Kanchen Gola Wild and Kanchenjunga Double Magic teams with Glen and Jane - Jamie

Our 2006 Kanchen Gola Exploratory trek team at the end

2005: Standing L-R: Bal Bahadur (porter leader), Pasang (sherpa-cook), Bir Bagh (sherpa), Dawa Gelje (sirdar), John SS, Da'Yula (sherpa-sirdar), Natasha, Niels, Alphonse, Dallas C, Jerry C.
Lower row: Pasang (kitchen), Namgyal (sirdar-leader), Zangbu (sherpa), Pik C, Gerardo, Rachel, Megan, John, Mike, Ornella, Jamie, Andrew

Recent previous treks | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2002-03 | 2000-01 | pre-2000