About Us
Climb High has been an outfitter for some well know alpinist, mountaineers and international guiding companies, and has organized four first ascent expedition in Nepal and in Tibet. The first ascent expeditions are Jobo Ribjang, Tarkago, Kangnachugo and Labuche Kang.
List of some of our past and present clients:
- Joe Puryear and David Gotthlieb
Joe is the author of Alaska climbing and David works as a climbing ranger on Mount Rainer. - Maciej Berbeka
Maciej is a legendary winter climber and is a highly respected climber in Poland. He is well known for his first winter ascent of Cho Oyu in winter (south pillar), Annapurna 1 south face (Polish route), and the first winter ascent of Manaslu. - Dan Mazur
Dan is famous for leading Greg Mortenson’s expedition to K2 and is featured in Three Cups of Tea, and for the rescue of Lincoln Hall on Everest in 2006. - Adventures Lovers, Sweden.
- Adler adventure, Germany.
The following is a list of expeditions we have organised till date:
- Everest
- Lhotse
- Cho Oyu
- Dhaulagiri
- Amadablam
- Baruntse
- Gauri Shankar
- Kangnachugo
- Jobo Ribjang
- Tarkago
- Labuche Kang
- Cho Latse
- Kyzo Ri
- Island Peak
- Mera Peak
- Singu Chuli
- Tharpu Chuli
- Kongde
- Lobuche East
- Parchamo
- Ramdung
Rajen Thapa (Director)
Rajen has vast experience organizing and leading treks and expeditions in the Himalaya. He has participated in more than 20 expeditions above 6,000m including Mount Everest (2007 and 2010) and Cho Oyu as an expedition leader for Summit Climb, USA. He is always ready to share his deep understanding of Nepal and its myriad of cultures. He has traveled widely and has worked as a climbing instructor in Nepal ad in the UK. Raj now spends his every summer in Germany and lives in Hidenheim.
Mountaineering Qualification:
- Basic course in mountaineering from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, India.
- Advance course in mountaineering from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, India.
- SPA from Plas y Brenin, UK.
Work experience:
Worked as a Search and Rescue Instructor for Nepal Police, Mountaineering Instructor for Nepal Mountaineering Association, Instructor for Boys Scout of America and British School Nepal, High rope instructor, UK (Trek Co), Rock climbing instructor, UK, Canyoning Guide, Mountaineering guide/ instructor, Everest, Lhotse (2007 and 2010) and Cho Oyu (2010) expedition leader.
Ang Sangay Sherpa
Our top lead climbing Sherpa with ascents of a few 8,000m peaks including Lhotse and Dhaulagiri, Barutse, Island peak, Mera peak, Lobuche East, Parchamo and Ramdung. Ang leads our treks and climbs in the Himalayas.
Phai Lama
Phai has summitted Everest, Baruntse, Island peak, Mera peak, Lobuche East, Pachamo. Phai lama has been our main climbing Sherpa for our Summit Climb Everest View Glacier school (voted as the top 25 trips in the world by National Geography Adventure Magazine).
Thuckteen Sherpa
Thuckteen comes from Thame and was a Buddhist monk for many years. Thuckteen leads our treks and works as a climbing Sherpa on our climbing trips. Thuckteen has participated on six Everest expeditions, summitted Amadablam two times, Island peak, Lobuche East, Mera peak, Parchamo peak and Ramdung.
Samdu Sherpa
Samdu is one of our youngest climbing Sherpas in our team with five ascents of Everest under his belt already. Samdu leads our treks and our trekking peaks. Sometimes, he is seen on our Summit Climb Everest View Glacier school in the autumn, when he is not climbing Everest.
Lhakpa
Lhakpa comes from Kharikhola, a village near Lukla. Lhakpa has just started climbing and has climbed Mera peak and Island peak, where he is on the plan to climb more, and also to join the Phortse ice climbing school. Lhakpa works with us as a trek guide.
Dawa Sherpa
Dawa has been working with Raj for last 13 years when they both use to work together for another trekking company in Nepal. Dawa started as a kitchen boy fifteen years ago, and has slowly graduated into one of our finest cooks we have in the team. Dawa has worked as a head cook on three expeditions to Everest, Lhotse, Amadablam, Jobo Ribjang (first ascent), Tarkago (first ascent), Labuche Kang (Tibet), Pumori and on countless trips to many of our six thousands meters peaks and treks.
Nim Passang Sherpa
Nim has been working as a cook for Climb High for four years and has been the head cook for the Everest view glacier school.
Ang Dawa
Ang is Climb High’s airport representative in Kathmandu, and helps us to arrange hotels and flights.
Dolma Sherpa
Dolma works in the office, looks after all our emails and receives the phone calls. Dolma is currently studying Business Management.
Late Pemba Doma Sherpa (Founder)
Although Pemba is no longer with us today, she was the founder of Climb high and the first Nepali woman to summit Mount Everest from the north side and one of only six women, who have scaled the mountain twice as part of the 2002 Nepalese women expedition. Raised by her grandparents after losing her mother at the age of two, Pemba was educated at the Khumjung School, one of the 26 schools that Sir Edmund Hillary has established in the Solu Khumbu region since 1961. Pemba spoke nine languages and traveled around the world raising money for her on profit foundation, Save The Himalaya Kindom, which educates Nepalese children, regardless of caste. She passed away during the descent after summiting Lhotse in 2007.
In 2003, Pemba Doma and her husband Rajen Thapa started Climb High, a trekking company that organizes treks and expeditions to some of the most popular peaks in Nepal and in Tibet.
AWARDS:
- Suprabal Prashiddha Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (National Award of Nepal) by His Majesty Late King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal for Mountaineering.
- Gold medal for Mountaineering, Nepal.
- Sky Walk - The Soles of Records, Italy.
- Saint Vincent Award, Italy.
Pemba Doma Sherpa was featured in:
- Outside Magazine (USA) 50 years on Everest, April 2000.
- Resurgence Magazine, UK "one of the six women who embrace the mountain on a daily basis."
- BBC documentary, celebrating 50 years on Everest.
- Aspen Times, New York Times, Himalayan Times, Kathmandu Post.