Tshering Pande Bhote - Rescue specialist, Alpine guide and climber from Himalaya.
If you have met a smiling Nepalese guide in the Norwegian mountains, it could certainly have been Tshering Pande Bhote. Get to know this extremely skilled technical alpine climber who has solid international climbing and rescue experience.
Tshering is one of the few IFMGA/NNMGA-certified mountain guides and instructors from Asia with qualifications from, among others, the New Zealand Mountain Guides Association (NZMGA), Nepal National Mountain Guide Association (NNMGA) and Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme (ENSA). Bhote is also the first RECCO instructor from Nepal.
Bhote has guiding and climbing experience from New Zealand, Norway, France, Scotland, Thailand, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Tibet. He has guided on Mt. Everest many times, in addition to other mountains above 8,000 m such as Cho Oyu (8,201 m), Sisha Pangma (8,013 m), Manaslu (8,163 m), Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), Makalu (8,463 m), Lhotse (8,515 m) and many more.
In 2004, Tshering and Jyamchang Bhote guided Randi Skaug to the summit of Mt. Everest as the first Norwegian woman. Bhote has also guided Tormod Granheim and Håkon Åsvang.
Long line Helicopter Rescue Specialist
Tshering was sent by Simrik Air to Zermatt, Switzerland for specific Helicopter Rescue Specialist training. He is now a licensed Rescue Technician. He has participated in a number of long-line rescue missions and has saved countless lives. In this film you see Tshering in action with long line helicopter rescue:
Top Himalaya Guides
Tshering is the director of Top Himalaya Guides - a company owned and run by Nepalese IFMGA certified international mountain guides. Bhote and his team has extensive knowledge of the logistics and planning that are so crucial to successful adventures in the Himalaya.
Tshering also works for Jostedalen Breførarlag with summit trips in Hurrungane and Jotunheimen.
Read more and follow:
- Top Himalaya Guides
- @tophimalayaguides (Instagram)
- @tsheringbhote (Instagram)
Some of Tshering Bhotes Brynje favourites:
