Amber Bamjan Tamang

Hello everybody, This post is about a trip we will run in autumn 2012 to be led by Karna Tamang one of the best climbing guides in the Himalaya.  As purpose of this blog is also to promote trekking or climbing trips I hope  you will enjoy reading about our upcoming trips like this one.  More trips and information can be found at www.threejewelsadv.com Island Peak - 2011 Spring with us Come join lead guide Karna Tamang who has climbed Mt. Everest as a lead guide twice and Island Peak many times.  Our trek (trip to Nepal) of three weeks is set to match acclimatization with high altitude to avoid altitude sickness (AMS) and visit most sought trekking destination Kalapattar and Mt. Everest base camp. After that we will head to the top of one of the most popular climbing peaks 'Island Peak (6175m / 20250ft) which involves an easy to medium level ice climbing.  What makes a trip with us so unique is that our guides are experienced and have un matched safety re...

Susan Gillig (WI, US) and myself 1997 Langtang Nepal As mentioned on my last post I used to do few treks as a trekking support staff in order to support my study and living in Kathmandu.  A gang of us from same area where I come from (Tapting)  had rented an apartment (only one room) in Thamel, Kathmandu .  Among us only I was a student and rest were trekking workers.  One day my roommate (Dhan Bahadur) said – why you always work as kitchen staff or porter? You are not like me uneducated; you must work as a guide by now;  I will take you to a senior guide tomorrow and possibly he may employ you as guide for one of his treks.  I was quite nervous and said to him – No I can’t, I don’t have confidence to work as a guide.  However next day he took me to the other guide’s place and all three of us went to Potala Guest House where a western trip leader was waiting for a new trekking guide.  She was Marin Johannsson from California (now a good frie...

a lp gas cylinder common in Nepal Namaste Everybody! Finally I managed to put together this blog and this is the starting and opening post! Give me ideas to make the blog better Thanks In 1992, I don’t remember the month but it was shortly after I was admitted to Nepal Law Campus, Kathmandu my mom had sent me a letter saying she managed to send Rupees 2,000 [$30] which she borrowed from a relative and this was for my education expenses. She had to give her an ornament ( dhungri-Nep.) as a collator for that borrowing. This message made me more worried for my education and expenses in Kathmandu where I didn’t have senior family members or friends who could support in how to keep up my education. I was afraid to use all the money sent by her so I used about half of it and rest sent back home. From that moment, I started t...