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Sagar Pandey President and Founder
Sagar Pandey has been the managing director of Nepal's leading mountaineering and trekking company, Himalayan Glacier Trekking, since the Company was established in 1992. Sagar has led successful treks and climbs in the mighty Himalayas over the past 18 years. He has led many treks to Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Circumference and Mount Kailash. His experience in planning successful climb to Island Peak, Mera Peak, Lobuche Peak, Baruntse, Cho Oyu, and Pumari worked as assets and were of great help in his successful climb to Mt. Everest in 2007.
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Narayan Regmi Managing Director
I look after the finance and day-to-day management of HGT. I was born in 1964 in the beautiful Dhaulagiri region of Nepal. I had an amazing experience while trekking Annapurna, Everest, Langtang, and Upper Mustang of my dear country which aroused my interest in this sector and hence, ended up as a partner in HGT. An Economics Masters degree holder, I earlier worked for the Nepal government and currently am also involved in social works. I enjoy travelling and have been to the South Asian region, Japan, U.K and U.S.A. I can speak fluent Japanese, English and Nepali of course!
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Naba Raj Amgai Executive Director
Naba Raj Amgai was born in Gorkha of midwestern Nepal mountains, the
famous region of the Manaslu Trek. Naba handles the Operations
Department of HGT for trek, tour, and climbing in Nepal, Bhutan, India,
and Tibet. More than ten years experience of working as a trek, tour
and mountaineering leader has made Naba familiar with most of the
trek, tour and climbing regions in this part of the world. Naba also
has an extensive experience and knowledge in conducting trek and peak
climbing programs in the Himalayan regions, such as the classical treks
in Nepal like Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, Mustang, Manalsu,
Kanchenjungha, Dhaulagiri, among others.
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Tony Monaco Director of Operations
Tony is the Director of
Operations for Himalayan Glacier Trekking LLC located in Charlotte, North
Carolina. He grew up in Glenwood Springs, Colorado and discovered his passion
for the mountains at a young age. During his college years, he enjoyed working
on a ranch in Old Snowmass, always ready to explore his Rocky Mountain
backyard. He continues his travels, taking opportunities to experience
much of what the outdoors has to offer.
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Lina Patel Director of Operations, North America
Lina Patel was born and raised in Gujarat, India and migrated to the United States with her family. She currently resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. Growing up, Lina always had a passion for the mountains, particularly the Himalayas. Her experience in mountaineering comes from past 13 years of hiking through out USA. Over the past several years, Lina has traveled through Nepal, trekking to the base camp of Mt. Everest, and climbing through the Khumbu valley. Lina has also successfully lead a group of travelers to Mount Kailash - Lake Mansarovar Yatra in Tibet.
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Denis Lipatov Director of Operations, Eastern Tibet & Sikkim
Born in Russia in 1976 in the family of geologists. Have got
mathematical education in Saint-Petersburg in "Saint-Petersburg State
University of Aerospace Instrumentation". From the childhood
participated in several geological and archaeological expeditions. Was
engaged in mountaineering. Study Tibetan Buddhism from 1999.
First
time I came to Nepal in 2006 and have fallen in love with this country.
Initially I joined «HGT» as a manager for operations with Russian
clients in 2009. Today I am a partner in HGT, and handle the operations
with Sikkim and Eastern Tibet. Interested in climbing, photos and Asian
culture.
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Raj Kumar Maharjan Web Developer
With HGT since 2009
Born in 1985 and a resident of Kathmandu, he is the back bone of all our online operations. It's his job to keep HGT's websites updated and in proper working order. Whenever any of our staff face any kind of computer related problem, he is there to help them out with a smile always on his face! He is efficient at his work and has quite an experience in this field.
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Indira Nepal Travel Consultant/Writer
With HGT since 2008
She always wanted to be a part of the tourism industry and
working with HGT just fulfilled her desire. Besides crafting and structuring
the standard itineraries and programs, she loves to customize tours and
trekking itineraries based on an individual/group's request. She enjoys
assisting others so that they can get the best of what the beautiful South
Asian countries have to offer. She says, "I adore my job especially because I
get the chance to interact with people from all over the world! It's fun to be
a part of an exciting and growing organization!"
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Sneha Shrestha Copywriter & Corresponding Personnel
With HGT since 2010
She has been associated with HGT since 2010 as a copy writer
and corresponding personnel. She carries out research and designs tours
for HGT and handles mails also. Some of her interests are writing, photography
and travelling. She adds that she is enjoying her work here coming across
interesting facts during research and also getting acquainted with this
industry!
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Sangita Wagle Copywriter & Corresponding Personnel
With HGT since 2011
Her main task is to address the queries of clients in planning their holidays in the mesmerizing Himalayan land. She enjoys designing
tour and trek itineraries for them. Moreover, she takes personal
interest in helping people select the perfect destination for their family or
group. She finds it "satisfying to play a part in helping clients achieve their
travel goals, whether for fun, research, rejuvenation, adventure, or
enrichment!"
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Vidya Shakya Copywriter & Corresponding Personnel
With HGT since 2012
She has been associated with Himalayan Glacier since September, 2012 as Corresponding Personnel. She enjoys in corresponding with different people all over the world by providing trip information. She has immense interest in writing, reading, traveling, surfing the net, interacting with people. She has traveled Pakistan and UAE on work purpose. She believes as life is a never ending learning process "take each day as new challenge and new hope of life". She is proud in being associated with this company as getting the chance to popularize our beautiful Himalayan country to all around the world.
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Sagun Shrestha Copywriter & Corresponding Personnel
With HGT since 2012
Sagun Shrestha has been a part of Himalayan Glacier as corresponding personnel from 2013. She is responsible for correspondence with clients, and currently pursuing her bachelor's in Travel and Tourism Management. Travelling and exploring new places is her main task in leisure time. Besides, it she loves reading novels and learning new things in social media. She is happy to be a part of HG and looks forward to aid and promote HGT's name in social media world and organize memorable trips for her clients.
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D.B. Niroula Editor/Copywriter
With HGT since 2011
Mr. Niroula is responsible for content editing and copywriting at Himalayan Glacier Trekking P. Ltd. We know the importance of clarity in communication and value of effective content writing in the present world of day to day business. In addition to this, editing of a text is serious and responsible profession. We expect from him proper handling of ethics of writing and editing of texts while executing his responsibility.
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Jyotshna Bhattarai Copywriter
With HGT since 2012
A new
addition to the HGT team, Jyotshna is our new copy/content writer. Being a
novice in the tourism sector she takes pleasure in learning new things everyday
during research. With panache for creative writing she plans to assist HGT in
its creative endeavours. When not working
she likes to read novels and travel to places and talk about movies and music
with friends.
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Yam K.C. Accountant
Well, in our office he is well known as 'K.C. sir'. He looks after the accounts department and sees to it that no mistakes are made in the cash inflow and out flow books! Born in the year 1982 in Chitwan district of Nepal and currently a resident of Kathmandu, he is a responsible and good natured person.
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Rabin Dhakal Account Assistant
With HGT since 2010
He is a member of our accounts department and looks after the day to day transactions of HGT. He belongs to Namjung in the beautiful district of Gorkha and is pursuing his Bachelor level studies in Commerce in Kathmandu. On the experiences of working in the tourism industry, he says that he loves his work here and is dedicated towards it.
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Sabina Adhikary Account Assistant
With HGT since 2012
Sabina assists in our accounts department. Currently,
pursuing her Bachelors in Business Studies, she is a dedicated and hardworking
person. She is keen on learning and
improving her skills in this field and also in computer technologies. Her aim
is to make the best out of her life!
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Wap Thapa Magar Office Cook
He manages our office kitchen and makes it a point to serve lunch to the staff as well as the guests visiting our office. He cooks awesome snacks and also prepares tea/coffee for us. He has trekked all over the country initially working as a porter then kitchen boy and then as a cook. He is a responsible person and an integral part of our team.