Pasang Sherpa (Nepal)
Pasang Sherpa comes from the Solu region of the Everest area but has travelled widely and has lived in Bhutan and India as well as Nepal. He has worked for Peregrine for over five years and has an excellent knowledge of the Himalayan peoples, their customs and folklore. He has a particular passion for leading treks in the Everest region but chooses the Around Dhaulagiri trek as his favourite.
Qualifications:
Pasang is also an accomplished photographer.
Achievements:
On 19 May 2006 Pasang fulfilled his lifelong ambition of summitting the highest mountain in the world - Everest. Pasang was one of a team who were guiding a Filipino group of four climbers, who claim to be the first Filipinos to climb Everest. They climbed the mountain from the Nepalese side, via the South Col.
Dorjee Sherpa (Nepal)
Dorjee is our longest serving leader. He has been with us from the very beginning - 1979 in fact! There is nothing he doesn't know about Nepal, and nowhere he hasn't been. If you add up the number of times he's been above 7000 metres, it totals three times higher than the ozone layer, or 150 kilometres high! You can guarantee you're in experienced hands here!
Qualifications:
Dorjee is an experienced high altitude trekker and climber.
Achievements:
Dorjee summited Manasalu (8550m) in 1974 with the Iran-Japan expedition.