Tamang Expeditions Team |
Sushma
Tamang, assistant manager of Tamang Expeditons is a graduate
in economics. She handles the administration affaris of the company.
She had her schooling in Udayapur, a remote southern district
of eastern Nepal. In Kathmandu she had completed her university
graduation in women's college of Tribhuvan University. She lives
in Kathmandu with her small family accompained by her husband
and daughter. She loves marshal art and travelling into religious
sites.
|
|
Utar
Tamang is a college student. Trekking guiding for Tamang
Expeditions is his part time job to support his own education.
Apart from that, he enjoys a lot to out in the mountains. He works
at office while he doesn't have trips out to guide. Utar has visited
most of the trekking sector and led many trips around. He is certified
guide from NTHAM (tourism academy) and trained in wilderness first
aid. Utar has recently received climbign guide training from NMA
and has already climbed the peak of Lobuche east (6119mtr) on
the way to Everest base camp trek.
|
|
Amber
Tamang is the founder manager of Tamang Expeditions since
1999. Apart from managing his own company, he is the local representative
and tour leader of Himalayan High Treks, CA, USA. He was born
in a remote village of Solukhumbu lower foothills of Mt. Everest.
His tiny village of Tapting is off the trekking route so it's
underdeveloped and not even mentioned in most of the maps of the
area. Up to high school, his schooling was in Sindhuli of southern
Nepal where his grand father helped him to study. In 1992, he
first ventured to Kathmandu for further study. He holds Masters
degree in culture (that includes Indian philosophy, History and
Archaeology) and also graduate in Law from Tribhuwan University,
Kathmandu. His career in tourism begun as part time trekking staff
from 1993.
|
|
He has received trainings and participated in different national
and international workshops and seminars related to culture and
sustainable tourism business. He shares his knowledge in this
field contributing articles in various publications. In free times
he spents his time helping his wife to cook and travelling with
his team in to new trekking areas.
|
|
Ang Gyalu Sherpa is the freelnace mountianeer.
He has climbed Mt. Everest from both sides of Tibet and Nepal
few times. Besides, he has participated in many expeditions as
leading sherpa in many expeditions above 7000mtr peaks of the
HImalaya. He is also originally from Solukhumbu but these days
he lives in Kathamndu with his wife.
|
|
Ang
Dawa Sherpa was born to be Guide in the mountains! He
holds the certification from Nepal mountaineering association(NMA)
as high altitude guide and has climbed more than dozen of mid-range
Himalayan peaks (Viz. Iceland peak, Mera, Lobuche, Chulu east
and west, Baruntche to name few). He is looking for higher peaks
if he finds any clients interested! Dawa is also from Solukhumbu
the home of legendry mountain people known as Sherpas. He lives
in Kathmandu with his wife and 2 children. He is also a very good
cook. He works for several other companies as freelance guide.
When in off the work, he does cycling trips and travelling with
his family and friends.
|
|
Ambar
Saila Tamang is one of the knowledgeble guides of Tamang
Expeditions. He had missed his school education after primary
level, as his family was unable to support him paying the school
fee. So, he started his career in trekking starting as trekking
porter in 1998. Ambar holdes certification in trekking guiding
from tourism academy (NTHAM, Kathmandu) and wilderness first aid
training from Kathamndu Environmental Education Project (KEEP).
He is well travelled and knowledgeble guide for most of the trekking
trails in Nepal that includes Everest, Langtang, Renzo pass, Ganzala
pass Annapurna and Mustang. He is superb cook. He also works for
Himalayan High Treks, CA, USA as local guide here in Nepal. He
is recently married! He lives with his wife and brother in Kathmandu.
|
|
Tirtha Desher from a small town just outside
the city of Patan is a profound tour guide. He holds degree in
Law and has vast knowledge of culture, history and religion of
the country. He loves to take tourists in and around Vajrabarahi
where very few tourists go for a tour. Tirtha is volunteering
to develop this village as one of the tour destinations. Apart
from tour guiding he works for his own small business while not
leading the tours.
|
|
Dhan
Bahadur Tamang, DB is the marketing representative of
Tamang Expeditions. He lives in CA, USA after marrying with his
Japenese-American wife Gaye Watanabe. DB also is an enthusiastic
mountaneer holding certifacation from NMA. He has climbed several
trekking peaks while he worked as cmimbing guide before moving
to USA.
|
|
The Company Profile and Staff's introduction page is prepared
and edited by Sibesh Dangol.
|