Pasang Temba Sherpa
35 years in the Himalaya. NTB licensed. Solukhumbu, Nepal.
Head Guide & Founder
I was born in the shadow of the mountains.
They are not my workplace — they are my home.
Born in the shadow of the mountains.
My name is Pasang Temba Sherpa. I have spent my entire life on these trails. My father was a guide on the early Everest expeditions, and my mother ran a small lodge in the Khumbu.
I grew up hearing stories of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, but more importantly, I grew up learning how to read the weather, how to recognise altitude sickness before it becomes fatal, and how to make a stranger feel like a guest in our house.
At the age of 16, I was leading groups. Now, after 35 years and more than 200 expeditions, I am still learning from these mountains every single day.
Solukhumbu, Nepal
Pasang's hometown
Why I started Nepali Trekking.
For years, I worked for large trekking agencies that treated guides as employees, not partners. The profits went to Kathmandu offices; the people who carried the weight received little. In 2010, I decided to change that.
Nepali Trekking is not a tourism company. It is a group of Sherpa guides — young and old, climbers, storytellers, community advocates — who believe that trekking should benefit the people who live on the trails.
When you trek with Nepali Trekking, you are not hiring a service. You are connecting with a family.
Local first
Every guide on our team is from the region in which they guide.
Fair wages
We pay above TAAN minimums — and we publish our wage structure on request.
No subcontracting
We do not pass clients to strangers. The guide you meet is the guide you walk with.
The paperwork behind the story.
Licensing
NTB License
Registered with the Nepal Tourism Board as a professional trekking guide and agency.
Experience
35 years guiding
Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Circuit, Langtang, Manaslu, Upper Mustang, and more. Over 200 expeditions.
Medical
Wilderness First Responder
Certified in altitude medicine and emergency evacuation.
Community
Advocate since 2010
Founder of the Solukhumbu Trail School Project, supporting basic education in remote trail villages.
In the press
Featured
National Geographic Traveller, The Kathmandu Post, and various documentary films on Sherpa culture.
A family legacy on the mountain.
Pasang Temba Sherpa began guiding in 1992. The mountain knowledge he carries — the routes, the weather patterns, the human instincts built over 33 years — is now being passed forward. NepaliTrekking.com is built to carry that legacy into the future, connecting travelers with the people who know these mountains best.
Tourism, done right, sustains the people who live on the trail.
When I am not guiding, I am in our village in Solukhumbu, working with local families to improve school facilities and clean water access. I believe that tourism has the power to sustain communities — if it is done right.
I also answer every enquiry personally. If you write to us, the reply will come from me. No offices, no bots, no overseas call centres. A real guide, sitting somewhere in the Khumbu, thinking about your journey.
Let's plan your 2026 Nepal trek.
“The mountains have been our teacher for generations. We would like to share them with you.”
— Pasang Temba Sherpa · Head Guide & Founder