The team

The people on the rope.

It started with a failed climb on Deo Tibba. The people I met on the way down, and in the years after, became my mentors, my teachers and my friends. This page is them.

What began as chance meetings on cold mountains has become a real collaboration, and the reason any of these journeys are possible at all.

A rope has two ends and no top.

>Rahul

Rahul Ogra

Mountaineer

Himachal · Zanskar · Ladakh · Spiti

A living encyclopedia of the Himalaya. Leads trekking, climbing and conservation through Mystic Himalayan Trails.

Temba

Temba Bhote

Mountaineer

Himalaya

Ten-time Everest summiteer. Twice up K2, with Dhaulagiri, Makalu, ten Manaslu and twenty-six Ama Dablam, and many more.

Rigzin

Skalzang Rigzin

Mountaineer

Ladakh · Eastern Karakoram

1st Indian Everest no O2. Climbs Eastern Karakoram and knows every trekking line in Ladakh. Most at home in the high, cold desert.

Rajesh

Rajesh KC

High-Altitude

Nepal

An experienced Nepal guide who has walked every major trekking route in the country. Our lead across the Nepal treks.

Ujjwal

Ujjwal Rai

High-Altitude

Nepal · Antarctica

Arctic explorer and high-altitude guide, at home from the Khumbu to Antarctica. Comfortable exactly where it is coldest.

Anurag

Anurag

Mountaineer

Mountains · Oceans

Mountaineer and marine explorer, as at ease on a summit as on the sea, and the backbone of the Tanzania water project.

Venky

Venky

Last on the rope

Mountaineer · Cyclist

Manaslu summiteer and endurance cyclist. I lead some of these expeditions. None of them are mine alone.

The collective

Where the rope reaches.

Between us, this team has stood on the highest points on earth and ridden the length of a subcontinent. One rope, one standard.

41×
8000er ascents
100%
Vegetarian expeditions
13,700+km
Cycling Distance
Spiti–Antarctica
Region Covered
500
Children with clean water, Tanzania

On the ground

IndiaKashmirHimachalZanskarSpiti Eastern KarakoramNepalAntarctica
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