Mingma Tenzi Sherpa

Mingma Tenzi Sherpa was born in the mountains, and raised among some of the highest peaks on Earth. His home village of Yaphu, population 2,500, lies in the Sankhuwasabha District in the Eastern part of Nepal, not far from Makalu, the world’s fifth-highest mountain. He made his first trips in 2003, at the tender age of 19, and by 2005 was working as an assistant guide on the trekking peaks of the Himalayas. He climbed Mera Peak , Lobuche and many 6000m peaks
By the time the spring climbing season rolled round in 2007, Mingma Tenzi was ready to step up to the next level. That year, he made his first summit of Mount Everest, Lhotse, the neighbouring peak that is the world’s fourth-highest mountain, just seven days later – an incredible feat of endurance.
The following season found him guiding close to home, working on an expedition to conquer the dauntingly-difficult, 8,485m pyramid of Makalu, reckoned to be among the most difficult of the 8,000ers. By 2010, he’d also summited Dhaulagiri, and was working as a lead guide on Everest.
An expert in high altitude rope fixing in Nepal. Mingma Tenzi has worked on the climbing and rope fixing team on many of his expeditions, including on Gasherbrum I, II, Nanga Parbat and Broad Peak in Pakistan. So it’s perhaps no wonder that when his team set out to conquer K2 in winter, it was Mingma Tenzi who was chosen to lead the fixing of the high lines.