He hired Frank Løke to the top of the world’s highest mountain in May 2021. Tsering Pemba Sherpa himself has been to Mount Everest 15 times. – But I only have our ten gongs on top, he says softly. Every summer he comes to Jostedalen to guide tourists up the Nigardsbreen glacier. Much of the work is similar to what he is already used to from the Himalayas. “Anna than the hill, there is no difference,” said Tsering Pemba Sherpa. NORWEGIAN COMPANY: Pemba Sherpa has on several high rents Norwegians to 8849 meters above sea level. Here he is at the top with Frank Løke in 2021. Photo: Private Simple job For those who are used to guiding people up the world’s highest mountains, the job as a guide on the Nigardsbreen glacier is not the most tiring. Tsering Pemba Sherpa finds it difficult to find similarities in the load, even though much of the job is the same. – Here the trips last four to seven hours, while an expedition on Mount Everest takes about two months. It is also not dangerous to work here, he says. Working on Mount Everest is not without risk. 106 people have lost their lives on the mountain since Pemba Sherpa himself started working there in 2007. He is aware that one needs a touch of luck to be able to have it as a job. – In addition to needing luck, it is a burden. I can probably work with it for another five or six years, then I will see if it lasts as long as I continue. Pemba Sherpa was born at an altitude of 3700 meters in the Rolwaling area of Nepal. And despite both smelling the retirement dream from the Mount Everest job and spending the summers on glaciers in Jostedalen, the sherpa does not forget where he comes from. – Last year I sang Nepal’s national anthem at the top of Mount Everest three times. I usually do that when I get over 8000 meters. The problem is that I easily run out of air when I sing at such heights, he laughs. IN ITS ESS: Pemba Sherpa has our 21 gongs over 8000 meters. This is despite the fact that his first trip to Mount Everest in 2007 took place without any climbing experience. Photo: Private Depending on Nepalese workers For 15 years, Steinar Bruheim, daily camper in the Jostedalen glacier guide association, has received workers from Nepal in the summer. Among other things, he mentions knowledge of glaciers and mountains as good skills. But there is still one thing he puts extra emphasis on. – They meet the work in a good mood. Smiling and positive all the time, says Bruheim. This year there are ten Nepalese at work by the Nigardsbreen glacier. This is ten more than what it was in the corona years 2020 and 2021, when the workers could not come to the country. The consequences of this are felt by Bruheim on the body. – Then we had a shortage of drivers. The fact that we have drivers from Nepal means that we are able to keep up the activity on the glaciers. GRATEFUL: Steinar Bruheim says that they have had drivers from Nepal since 2008 and have now become dependent on them: – We are not able to recruit enough local drivers. Photo: Patrick da Silva Sæther / news In addition to helping the glacier guide team, Bruheim tells us that the scheme is a win-win situation for all of them. When the Nepalese Sherpas work in Norway, it is not possible to arrange expeditions in the Himalayas. Then it’s rainy season there. – We then have the right to offer them a secure job for three months. They also earn well on this job compared to the job in their home country. This has become an important source of income for them.
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In the summers he guides tourists in Sogn – news Vestland
