PERSONNEL RECORD
P-04
IFMGA #4886
High-Altitude Guide
Pemba Gyaltsen
Home base
Kathmandu, Nepal
Years guiding
15
Logged summits
193
Disciplines
Himalaya, Expedition, Ski
From Phortse, a village that has sent more people to high summits than anywhere else on earth. IFMGA certificate through the Nepal National Mountain Guide Association, 2016.
Fifteen seasons of expedition work, 193 logged summits, and a standing preference for small teams on quiet peaks over queues on famous ones.
Leads the Himalaya file at a strict 1:1 ratio. His summit notes run two lines; he says the mountain writes the rest.