List of Mount Everest guides

Mount Everest guides are people who help people to climb Mount Everest in the Himalayas.

Guides can, for example, set fixed lines of rope for others to use, organize rescues in times of trouble, or use communication tools to call in helicopter evacuations. Another job on Mount Everest is as an "icefall doctor" using ladders and ropes to make a path across the Khumbu Icefall, which guides might do themselves or delegate to others. Guides, especially if they are guiding for a mountaineering or adventure company, often call the people they help up "clients".

Another task on Everest is helping people with medical problems, although the work can be dangerous. When potentially deadly health conditions strike, the guides can sometimes lose their clients or abort the climb. One mother of two died after developing a health problem at the Everest base camp.

Mount Everest guides assist climbers on what are called "guided" climbs, and guided ascent can cost double an unguided one.The Cost$ of Climbing Everest, 2010 Many climbers in more recent times are unguided but can get some support from a Sherpa, which, though more similar to an Alpinist porter, is much cheaper and also called a guide. The term guide can mean something along the lines of an assistant all the way to a World-famous mountaineer.

Guides
Adrian Ballinger
Andy Harris
Andy Tyson Andy Tyson Stephen Henderson Apr 16, 2015
Anatoli Boukreev
Andrew Lock
Arnold Coster
Bill Allen
Dan Nash
Daniel Mazur
Dave Hahn
David Breashears
David Hamilton
David Morton
Jacob Schmitz
Dean Staples
Eric Simonson
Garrett Madison
Gheorghe Dijmărescu
Kenton Cool
Lydia Bradey
Mark Whetu
Mark Woodward
Michael Horst
Michael Groom
Mike Roberts
Neal BeidlemanPBS - Everest Facts
Phil CramptonNDTV - Phil C
Phil Ershler
Rob Hall 
Russell Brice
Scott Fischer
Sean James
Todd BurlesonPBS - Everest Facts
Tim Mosedale
Vernon Tejas
Wally Berg
Ryan Waters
Willie Benegas
Zac Poulton
Alexander Abramov
Steve Bell
Scott Woolums

Nepali guides

Some examples:
Ang Rita (Angrita Sherpa)
Ang Dorje Sherpa
Ang Tharkay
Apa Sherpa
Babu Chiri Sherpa
Kami Rita Sherpa (with Alpine Ascents)
Lakpa Gelu
Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa
Mingma Tenjing Sherpa (with International Mountain Guides)
Nawang Gombu
Pem Dorjee Sherpa
Pertemba (Pertemba Sherpa)
Phurba Tashi
Sungdare Sherpa
Temba Tsheri
Tashi Tenzing
Tenzing Norgay

Guide firms and organizations

Alpenglow Expeditions
Started by Adrian Ballinger after 2012
Alpine Ascents International.
Altitude Junkies
Arnold Coster Expeditions (see also Arnold Coster)
Adventure Consultants
Asian Trekking
Started by Ang Tshering (b. 1953) in 1982 Asian Trekking is based out of Kathmandu, Nepal. 
Himex (Himalayan Experience)
International Mountain Guides
Jagged Globe
Mountain Madness
Mountain Trip
Mountain Trip lead guides include Scott Woolums (7 Everest summits), Bill Allen (3 Everest summits) and Jacob Schmitz (3 Everest summits)
Peak Freaks
Peak Freaks was started in 1983 Marty Schmidt was a Peak Freak guide in 2013, though he  died later that year with his son on K2 due to an avalanche.
Mountain Professionals
Satori Adventures and Expeditions
7 Summits Club

Examples of Guide firms in 2017[http://www.alanarnette.com/blog/2017/12/08/how-much-does-it-cost-to-climb-mount-everest-2018-edition/
Adventure Consultants, Adventure Peaks, Adventure Global, Altitude Junkies, Alpenglow, Alpine Ascents International (AAI), Arnold Coster, Furtenbach Adventures, Himalayan Experience (Himex), International Mountain Guides (IMG), Jagged Globe, Kobler & Partner, Madison Mountaineering, Mountain Trip, Mountain Professionals, Benegas Brothers, RMI, Tim Mosedale, 7 Summits Club, Summit Climb
Nepali firms: Ascent Himalaya, Asian Trekking, Arun Treks (India Transcend Adventures), Dreamers Destination, Seven Summits Treks, Satori, TAGnepal, Expedition Himalaya, Himalayan Ascent

See also
List of summiters of Mount Everest
List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
1996 Mount Everest disaster
Nepal Mountaineering Association

References

External links
Alan's page on guides

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