Guides

Nani is one of our Aconcagua specialists and a client favorite.

Nani is Argentinian and has been working as a guide and porter on Aconcagua for more than 10 years.

He has 20+ Aconcagua summits under his belt beyond many other steep, technical ascents around South America.

Nani has mainly been working as a private for our custom private and custom Speed Ascent private clients the past few years.

Everyone who climbs with Nani has amazing things to say about his guiding style, personality and patience. He is one of our best.

• Multiple Everest summiteer
• The Late Ueli Steck’s climbing partner on the North Face Cholatse and many other expeditions
• Guides and climbs throughout the Himalaya, Europe and the USA

• Multiple Everest summiteer
• K2 summiteer
• Certified IFMGA guide
• Simone Moro’s longtime climbing partner
• Expeditions to Manaslu, Cho Oyu
• Climbed Kanchenjunga in a single day (the World’s 3rd highest peak)
• NOLS wilderness first aider, high mountain rescue instructor for Nepal Mountaineering Association, trained in Longline helicopter rescue
• Speaks 5x languages
• Guides and climbs throughout the Himalaya, Europe and the USA

Here are some of Pemba Gelje’s notable summits and expeditions:

1. Mt. Himlung X 2 (7126m)
2. Mt. Kanchenjunga X 2 (8586m)
3. Mt Manaslu X 2 (8163m)
4. Mt. Everest X 5 (8850m North and South)
7. Cho Oyu X 1 (8201m)

Lam Babu is one of the most experienced and respected Sherpa working in the Himalayas. He has been climbing and guiding for 30+ years as an internationally certified IFMGA guide. He has been a mentor for our younger generation of IFMGA Nepali guides and is a crowd-favorite of our clients.

Lam works as a private guide on our “Private IFMGA Sherpa Guided Climb.” In 2018 he successfully guided the first two women from the state of Gujarat in India to the summit of Everest, sister Anuja and Aditi.

Here are a few of Lam Babu’s accomplishments:

• Multiple Everest summiteer with 30+ years of experience
• Our most senior private IFMGA Sherpa Guide
• Tenured Instructor for the Nepal Mountaineering Association & Guide School
• Has worked as a Sirdar (Lead Sherpa) for many Everest expeditions

Pasang Tendi is one of our go-to guides for Mt Everest because of his skill, experience, hard work and calm and personable demeanor. Pasang works as a private IFMGA Sherpa guide for CTSS and has received rave reviews from all those that climb with him. He is an internationally certified guide IFMGA guide having trained both in Europe and Nepal. He also recently spent a season guiding on Aconcagua in Argentina gaining valuable international experience.

Here are a few of Pasang Tendi’s achievements:

• 3X Everest summiteer (North and South)
• A client favorite! (By far one of the nicest, most humble personalities you will come across paired with climbing prowess and expertise)
• Guides and climbs throughout the Himalaya, Europe, Argentina and the USA
• Internationally certified Nepal National Mountain Guide Association UIAGM Guide.
• Has been working as an instructor for 3 years: Nepal Mountaineering Association, Nepal Mountaineering Instructor Association and Nepal Mountain Academy.
• Himali athlete
• 1X Annapurna summit
• 1X Shisapangma summit
• 1X Ama Dablem summit
• 1X Gyachung khang
• Kanchenjunga
• Cho Oyu
• 20X 6000m peak summits

Kami Sherpa is one of the most respected and experienced Himalayan climbers in history. Hailing from Pangboche, Khumbu, Nepal at the foot of Ama Dablam, Kami has been climbing and guiding his whole life. His dad was a famous climbing Sirdar (lead Sherpa) who climbed many times with Sir Christopher Bonington and his brother Ang Dorjee holds 19 summits of Everest and is also a Sirdar.

Kami has been part of more 8000m expeditions than probably anyone in the world. He is a veteran of 60+ X 8000m expeditions including more than 30 to Everest expeditions with 16 summits (including 3 X Everest expeditions in one year: pre-monsoon, post-monsoon, and winter). He has also summited K2, Shishapangma, Manaslu, and many other 8000m, 7000m and 6000m Himalayan giants.

Kami is not only one of the hardest working people on the mountain, he is one of the nicest and most humble. Truly a legend of the Himalayas, we are proud to have Kami as part of our team.

“Big” Tendi is one of our most respected guides in the Himalayas and is an integral part of our Everest programs. He has been working as a private guide as part of our “Private IFMGA Sherpa Guided Climb” and is in high demand each year. Beyond his capacity as a lead guide, Big Tendi is also co-owner of our logistics company in Nepal and works year round to help organize our expeditions.

Big Tendi is currently the Technical Director for the Nepal Mountain Guides Association and an instructor for the school. It would not be a stretch to say that he is the Godfather of the certified Nepali mountain guides association having trained an entire generation of mountain guides and elevating them to international esteem. Big Tendi is of course an internationally certified guide as well and has trained many of our other IFMGA private guides.

Tendi Sherpa is widely regarded as one of the most respected guides on Mt Everest. Tendi is an incredibly hard-working leader who approaches everything he does respectfully and with tenacity.

Tendi, a fully internationally certified UIAGM guide, has led all over the world and is one of CTSS’s most trusted guides whether on Mt Everest or elsewhere in the world. He has 15 Everest summits from both the North and South sides to his resume, not to mention many other much more technical and remote peaks throughout Nepal.

Tendi guides around the world in places like Argentina, Bolivia and Antarctica and is scheduled to finish the Seven Summits this year.

He currently works as a private guide for CTSS on Mt Everest, Lhotse, Vinson, Carstensz, Cho Oyu and Manaslu

Beyond guiding for CTSS, Tendi also acts as Sirdar, or lead climbing Sherpa, for CTSS and over sees the logistics of each Himalayan expedition.

Beyond his work as a Mountain Guide, Tendi is also the co-owner of Himali gear, a high-end adventure gear manufacturer based in Denver, Colorado. Tendi is also the namesake and Founder of the “Tendi Sherpa Foundation” which provides opportunities to Sherpa in and around his home community.

He is also a devoted father and husband. When not living and guiding in Nepal, he can often be found traveling in the US, Switzerland, the UK and around the world.

Sasha is an indispensable part of many of our CTSS programs. She is a Mt Elbrus and Kilimanjaro specialist but has recently expanded her repertoire to other regions of the globe including Aconcagua. Sasha has amassed well over 100 ascents of Mt Elbrus over the years and is one of the most respected guides on the mountain. Sasha got her Avalanche 2 certification in the United States and her Wilderness First Responder certification in Sweden.

All of our clients love Sasha and she has become one of our most popular and sought-after guides. She is incredibly strong, competent, and skilled while being incredibly caring and helpful to each and every one of our clients. I know of few climbers that have gone home not thinking of Sasha as a friend for life.

Sasha is originally from the Ural Mountains in Russia where she grew up fashioning her own climbing gear out of household items and challenging herself in the surrounding hills. She studied as a translator at St Petersburg State University before deciding that she loved the mountains more and becoming a full-time mountain guide. Sasha has never looked back and is incredibly passionate about her job.

When not guiding, Sasha would like to be nowhere else more than water skiing in Washington State or ice climbing in Ouray, Colorado! If you climb Elbrus or Kilimanjaro with us you will most likely have Sasha as a guide.

Sagar is our local logistics agent in Kathmandu. He truly is the man behind the success! Sagar is working on our Himalayan programs year-round and runs a tight ship. Sagar is incredibly detailed and savvy when it comes to navigating local logistics for climbing permits, base camp setups, climber logistics, and organizing our Sherpa teams.

Sagar has been organizing expeditions for nearly 20 years and is widely regarded as one of the best in the business. Sagar’s philosophy is to provide the best service to our clients for a great price and he has certainly followed through on that over the years for us! If you come on any of our Himalayan programs with us you will likely meet Sagar.