Mike Salomon recuperates after a snowstorm froze his climbing ropes and left him trapped 400 feet high on a wall of ice.

The Sherpa are one of the mountain peoples of Nepal. They are renowned throughout the world for their hardiness, expertise, and experience at high altitudes.

Sherpa Performance Guides co-founder Mike Salomon lived the Sherpa experience first-hand while on a life-changing climbing expedition high in the Himalayas. Recovering in the Sherpa village of Sewangma, Mike became inspired by the calm, steadfast, and generous spirit of the Sherpa.

Mike and Guido founded Sherpa Performance Guides in that spirit:

To be careful, honest, and dependable guides no matter how difficult the situation.