This is a list of notable Mount Everest guides, which are professional mountaineers (and mountaineering firms) who help people to ascend

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...

in the

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in return for fees. Previously, the summit was only accessible to expert mountaineers who were often self-guided, or assisted by local sherpas.

Role

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
/ref> Many climbers in more recent times are unguided but can get some support from a

Sherpa Sherpa may refer to: Ethnography * Sherpa people, an ethnic group in north eastern Nepal * Sherpa language Organizations and companies * Sherpa (association), a French network of jurists dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility * ...

, which, though more similar to an Alpinist

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, 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.

Notable guides

* Adrian BallingerThe Guide Putting Everest Expeditions on a Fast Track
/ref> * Andy Harris * Andy Tyson *

Anatoli Boukreev Anatoli Nikolaevich Boukreev (russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Букре́ев; January 16, 1958 – December 25, 1997) was a Soviet and Kazakhstani mountaineer who made ascents of 10 of the 14 eight-thousander peaks—those a ...

* Andrew Lock

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Arnold Coster Arnold Coster (born Arnold Schiedam, 1976, Netherlands) is a Dutch mountaineer. Educated as a mechanical engineer, he became intensely involved with climbing at a young age when he started climbing in the Alps. He moved to Nepal in 2003 to foll ...

Bill Allen
*Dan Nash * Daniel Mazur *

Dave Hahn David Allen Hahn (born November 3, 1961, Okinawa, Japan) is an American professional mountain guide, ski patroller, journalist and lecturer. In May 2013, he reached the summit of Mount Everest for the 15th time—at the time, this was the most sum ...

David Breashears David Finlay Breashears (born December 20, 1955) is an American mountaineer, filmmaker, author, and motivational speaker. In 1985, he reached the summit of Mount Everest a second time, becoming the first American to reach the summit of Mount Evere ...

* David Hamilton *David Morton
Jacob Schmitz
* Dean Staples Record-breaking glory on Mt Everest
/ref> *Eric Simonson * Garrett MadisonUSA Today - Mount Everest avalanche survivor: 'I had to survive' - April 27, 2015
/ref> * Gheorghe Dijmărescu *

Kenton Cool Kenton Edward Cool (born 30 July 1973) is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high altitude climbers and has reached the summit of Mount Everest sixteen times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fie ...

* Lydia Bradey
Mike Hamill
*Mark Whetuhttp://www.alpinist.com/doc/web07-08w/video-mm-fatal-game *Mark Woodward *Michael Horst * Michael Groom *Mike Roberts * Neal BeidlemanPBS - Everest Facts
/ref> * Phil Crampton *Phil Ershler *

Rob Hall Robert Edwin Hall (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was g ...

PBS - Storm Over Everest
/ref> * Russell BriceThe Times They Are A Changin': The Effect of Institutional Change on By David Savage, Benno Torgler
/ref> * Scott Fischer * Vernon Tejas * Wally BergEverest: Wally Berg
/ref> * Ryan Waters * Willie Benegas

Notable Nepali guides

* Ang Rita (Angrita Sherpa) * Ang Dorje Sherpa * Ang Tharkay *

Apa Sherpa Apa (born Lhakpa Tenzing Sherpa; 20 January 1960), nicknamed "Super Sherpa", is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who, until 2017, jointly with Phurba Tashi held the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other person. As ...

Babu Chiri Sherpa Babu Chiri Sherpa (June 22, 1965 – April 29, 2001) was a Sherpa mountaineer from Nepal. He reached the summit of Mount Everest ten times. He held two world records on Everest. He spent 21 hours on the summit of Everest without auxiliary oxyge ...

* Kami Rita Sherpa * Lakpa Gelu * Lopsang Jangbu Sherpa *

Nawang Gombu Nawang Gombu (1 May 1936 – 24 April 2011) was a Sherpa mountaineer who was the first man in the world to have climbed Mount Everest twice. Gombu was born in Minzu, Tibet and later became an Indian citizen, as did many of his relatives inclu ...

* Pem Dorjee Sherpa *

Pertemba Pertemba (born 15 February 1948), also called Pertemba Sherpa, is a professional Nepalese mountaineer, trek leader and businessman. He reached the summit of 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition, Mount Everest by the Southwest Face o ...

(Pertemba Sherpa) * Phurba Tashi * Sungdare Sherpa * Temba Tsheri * Tashi Tenzing *

Tenzing Norgay Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to reach the su ...

Notable firms

* Adventure Consultants * Asian Trekking * Himex (Himalayan Experience) *Jagged Globe * Mountain Madness

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