During this Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas project, I’m adding a new aspect of my coverage, video interviews with knowledgeable individuals of Nepal and Mt. Everest. Today I interviewed Tendi Sherpa.
Tendi is well known throughout Nepal and the world. He founded the company TAGnepal and runs treks and expeditions in Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet. He co-founded Himali, a gear company, with David Schaeffer. Also, he is the sirdar and lead for private expeditions for Mike Hamill’s company, Climbing the Seven Summits.
Born near the 8000er, Makalu, he began his mountaineering career as a porter at age 13 but a year later, summitted the 21,247-foot Mera Peak. Today, he has 13 successful summits of Everest plus Lhotse, Cho Oyu, Manaslu, and Ama Dablam. He is an IFMGA/UIAGM Certified Mountain Guide.
His foundation, the Tendi Sherpa Foundation, works in remote parts of Nepal providing education for children, building bridges, trails, and schools. He lives in Kathmandu with his wife and daughter.
Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas is a joint project of Alan Arnette and several global guide companies. Our objective is to entertain Everest fans during the Coronavirus spring closure and raise money to help the Climbing Sherpas who are not working this spring. While there will be accurate historical references, this series is a work of fiction. Names, characters, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Please join us by making a donation using the links below plus by adding your Everest experiences in the comment section.
Video Interview with Tendi Sherpa
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For an overview of the Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas, please visit this post.
Previous Virtual Everest 2020 posts:
- Virtual Everest 2020 – Support the Climbing Sherpas
- Virtual Everest 2020: Leaving Home
- Virtual Everest 2020: Flying at the Summit of Everest
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 5
- Virtual Everest 2020: Hello Kathmandu!
- Virtual Everest 2020: Kathmandu
- Virtual Everest 2020: Exploring Kathmandu
- Virtual Everest 2020: The First Team Dinner
- Virtual Everest 2020: Lukla Drama
- Virtual Everest 2020: The Trek Begins
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 12- Guy Cotter Interview
- Virtual Everest 2020: Everest View
- Virtual Everest 2020: Blessing in the Khumbu
- Virtual Everest 2020: Leaving the Trees
- Virtual Everest 2020: Remembering
- Virtual Everest 2020: The Trekker’s Summit
- Virtual Everest 2020: April 18, Honoring the Fallen
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 19- Gordon Janow Interview
- Virtual Everest 2020: Settling into Base Camp
- Virtual Everest 2020: Puja at Base Camp
- Virtual Everest 2020: It Takes a Village
- Virtual Everest 2020: First Steps in the Khumbu Icefall
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weather Day and Tough Conversations
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 26- Lukas Furtenbach Interview
- Virtual Everest 2020: In the Western Cwm
- Virtual Everest 2020: Camp 2
- Virtual Everest 2020: Acclimatization at C2
- Virtual Everest 2020: Sherpas at C2
- Virtual Everest 2020: Difficult Times
- Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Life and Summit Schedules
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update April 26- Greg Vernovage Interview
- Virtual Everest 2020: Base Camp Tour
- Virtual Everest 2020: Doubts at Camp 2
- Virtual Everest 2020: Climbing the Lhotse Face
- Virtual Everest 2020: Storm at Camp 3
- Virtual Everest 2020: Back to Base Camp and A Narrow Escape
- Virtual Everest 2020: Weekend Video Update May 10 – Garrett Madison Interview
- Virtual Everest 2020: Summit Fever in Base Camp
2 thoughts on “Virtual Everest 2020: Special Video Interview with Tendi Sherpa”
Thank you Alan and Tendi for the interesting and inspiring video! I’ll be donating to CTSS and to Tendi’s foundation. I can’t wait to visit your beautiful country one day.
Thanks so much Sarah!!!
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