Four Winds Himalayan Guide Service-Since 1995

Condolences and prayers to the families who lost loved ones in the Everest Avalanche.  Without your sons and fathers Everest would never ge...

We have a group of outstanding clients.  The high altitude arena is a new frontier for most.  Often when we enter a new experience or arena...

Real Holy Men at Pashuputinath.  The Saddhu on the left had walked barefoot to upper Mustang valley. Today our trekking group had a gre...

A Sherpa friend of mine was visiting Los Angeles.  His adventure was relayed to me by a friend who lives in Aspen.  I thought of my Sherp...

Several years back I was sitting around a small fire in the remote Himalaya.  We had a diverse trekking group.  It was dark but the stars i...

Hello Everyone, I am excited to announce our 2015 schedule of climbing expeditions in Nepal.  In March we will be returning to Kangchung P...

                                         Chad, you were a brother.  You were a force.  You were a true mountain breathing dragon, ...

We were at Camp I on Ama Dablam.  A 22,500 foot peak, Camp I is at 18,700 feet.  The summit seems so close from this perspective but 2 soli...

There are only 14 peaks in the world that are over 8000 meters.  The 8th highest is a peak called Manasulu.  Its name means mountain of the...

I was baffled when I heard that a large popular travel company and outdoor retailer had all their clients on Diamox from day one on a trek ...

It is 2:30 a.m..  I am in the Tibet Guest house in Kathmandu, jet lag.  I am down in the reception area.  It is a modest reception space bu...

   At 17,300 after returning from a summit attempt on Kangchung.  All the elements did not come together for us to reach the summit. ...

There is no guarantee that you will be alive tomorrow or even in the next 10 minutes.  I have a bit of experience with this.  If you have n...

Hello Everyone, Another season is upon us and we have a full group of trekkers for October of 2013.  We will not be doing an expedition th...

Meet part of the Four Winds Crew.  From Left Arjun, Gombu, Matt, Pramesh.  A big Thank You to these guys and also Hira and the crew at K...

Woke at 2am bumped the tent wall and crystals of ice showered me.  We had decided the day before to get a 3am start.  We were at 17,800 fee...

We have made it to Base Camp.  It is the highest base camp I have ever had.  17,800 feet almost 500 feet higher than Everest Base Camp.  We...

We are a day away from Base camp.  The trekking group just departed down into thicker air.  What an outstanding group and trip.  We were ab...

We have arrived at Gokyo 15600 feet.  Everyone is doing well after a bout of sicknesses.  The weather is very unsettled in the Khumbu with ...

Our climbing hardware gear list for our Kangchung expedition: 6 Black Diamond Express ice screws 3 pitons 1 set nuts 1 50 meter 8 mm r...