Mingma Sherpa

Mingma Sherpa reviews every safety-critical page on this site: altitude sickness, insurance, and winter route content all carry his sign-off. He holds a Nepal Mountaineering Association trekking guide licence and a Wilderness First Responder certification, and completed the Himalayan Rescue Association's high-altitude medicine seminar at Pheriche.

Mingma grew up in Gatlang in the Langtang region and guides across Langtang, Manaslu, and the Annapurna Circuit. He led the company's first post-earthquake Langtang Valley departure in 2016 and has tracked the valley's lodge rebuilding season by season since. His acclimatization protocols follow the 500 m sleeping-altitude rule above 3,000 m, with client oxygen saturation logged twice daily on every departure above 4,000 m.