wongchu sherpa

Date of Birth:  1968

Mother:  Late Chhenji Sherpa

Father:    Late Yokpu Sherpa

Birth Place:  Tapting -1, Chyangba, Solukhumbu

Email: info@peakpromotionnepal.com

• Achieved Trekking Guides Training, Mountaineering Guide Training
• Then started working in the field of tourism as a cook, guide and mountaineering guide respectively.
• Later, started own tourism business and involved in many social activities.
• Developments of tourism infrastructure, environmental conservation, health and education are major sectors of social service.
• Made record of staying 18 nights at Mount Everest at the elevation of 7000 meters and slept one hour at the summit of Mount Everest.

Involvement

• Founder Chairman – Chyangba welfare committee 1986
• Life member – Sherpa welfare center Nepal
• Life member – Nepal Sherpa Association
• Member – Nepal Mountaineering Association
• Founder chairman -Wongchu Biswa Darshan lower secondary school, Solukhumbu
• Founder vice-president – Himalayan Sherpa culture, Nepal
• Life member – Sushma Koirala Memorial Trust
• Board member – 6 years (Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal, TAAN)
• Advisor -Monastery Committee Solukhumbu
• Life Member – JP Foundation Nepal
• Founder Chairman – Wongchu Micro Hydro Power project, Solukhumbu
• Founder President – Sagaramatha Area Development Committee
• Advisor– Solukhumbu Road Construction Committee
• Founder / Life member– Kathmandu Environment Education project
• Advisor – Social Development Youth Group, Solukhumbu
• Board member – Himalayan Rescue Association, HRA
• Founder Chairman – Everest Summiteers Association, ESA
• Founder Chairman – Sub health post, Solukhumbu
• Founder Chairman– Peak Promotion.
• Member -Lions Club of International
• Advisor -Bridge Construction Management Committee ( Tangboche, Larcha Doban , Phorthse, Pheriche, Thukla) ( Bridges on the way to Mt Everest)
• President – Babu Chhiri Sherpa Statue and Museum Construction Committee
• Founder Chairman – Pikey Solukhumbu Tapting Welfare Service Committee
• Chairman -Saving Mount Everest Cleaning Campaign Committee
• Coordinator – Climbing Mount Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse control Committee, Nepal Government 2008
• Member– Everest Golden Jubilee Celebration Committee
• Coordinator -Wilderness Medical Society for Nepal
• Organizer – Cabinet meeting of government of Nepal at Kalapatthar, Everest base camp, 2009
• Member– Tourism Year 2011 Celebration Committee, Ministry of Tourism
• Served as a Volunteer for government’s tourism policy making team
• Member– Rotary Club International
• Coordinator -Summiteers Summit to save The Himalaya in Denmark, Copenhagen 2009
• Team Leader: Nepal Television-Lions Everest Expedition 2007
• Expedition Coordinator – Rotary Centenary Everest Expedition 2005
• Committee Member – Nepalese Women Millennium Everest Expedition 2002

Awards/ Medals/Certificates

• Award from Tenzing Hillary Mountaineering
• Appreciation letter from Sushma Koirala Memorial Trust
• Appreciation letter from Mount Everest 2008, Climbing Lhotse, Nuptse Committee (Nepal Government)
• Suprabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu, (Nepal Government)
• Japan Nepal Friendship Expedition Award
• Award from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger California 2009
• Appreciation letter from Nepal Sherpa Association
• Award from Nepal Mountaineering Association
• Daibi Prakop Piditoddhar Padak, 2045 B.S.
• Appreciation Letter from Sherpa welfare center Nepal
• Award from Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China
• 4th Kathmandu International Marathon Award, 1996
• Appreciation letter from Himalayan Sherpa culture center
• Award from Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Award from Lions Club International
• Appreciation letter from Himalayan Rescue Association, Nepal
• Award from Rotary Club International
• Special Appreciation letter from Trekking Agencies’ Association of Nepal (TAAN)
• Award from Everest Golden Jubilee Celebration
• Award from World Environment day (Nepal Government)
• Award from India Mountaineering Association
• Appreciation letter from Pikey Solukhumbu Tapting social Service
• Award from Nepal Television
• Appreciation letter from Ministry of Tourism, Nepal
• Award from Summiteers to save the Himalaya, Nepal
• Appreciation letter for Building Construction, TAAN
• Award from Green Field National College, Nepal
• Appreciation award from Giripremi’s Everest Expedition, India
• Special Honor from Taiwan Mountain Association
• Appreciation letter from Student Development Group
• Appreciation letter from Governor Richard Lamm, Colorado, USA
• Everest Social Service Award – 2015

Climbed Mountains

Mount Everest, Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Makalu, Sisha Pangma, Langtang, Cho-oyu,  Kilimanjaro (South Africa), Mustaghata (China / Pakistan), Mt. Fuji (Japan), Island Peak, Lobuche Peak, Mera peak, Naya Kanga, Lang Shisha, Mt. Rainer, Mt. Kebnekaise

Experiences

• Participation in Everest IMAX Filming Expedition
• BBC Everest Expedition
• Lonely Planet Guide Video
• Himalayan Michael Palin and many other international films…
• Published many stories in national and international books, magazine and newspapers
• Team leader of Nepal television – Lions Everest expedition
• Involved in national Geographical channel
• Involved in Everest Movie
• Involved in Hollywood Movie
• Involved in Glacier Research Imaging Project
• Involved in climate + change
• Involved in Diamond Jubilee celebration of Mount Everest
• Involved in Tourism royalty release for Everest area
• Involved in Artificial legged summiteers’ Everest summit 2003
• Involved in many other international and national organizations

Travel

Nepal – most of the districts of the nation.

Abroad –  USA ,France, Germany, Sweden, China ,Finland ,Denmark, Japan , Hong Kong, Tanzania, Thailand , Malaysia ,Singapore, UK, India, South Korea, Switzerland, Australia ,Belgium and many other countries

Thank You!