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Phil Crampton
Phil established Altitude Junkies Inc. in the early 2000’s and was one of the first companies to offer professionally managed expeditions in Nepal, Tibet and Pakistan over fully guided ascents.
He has led 59 expeditions to 8000-meter peaks including 18 Everest expeditions, Tibet (x8) and Nepal (x10), Annapurna, Broad Peak (x2), Cho Oyu (x9), Dhaulagiri, Gasherbrum I (x4), Gasherbrum II (x4), Kanchenjunga, Lhotse (x6), Makalu (x3), Manaslu (x8) and Shishapangma (x2). Elsewhere in the Himalaya, he has led trips to multiple 6,000 and 7,000-meter peaks including Ama Dablam (x6), Baruntse (x2), Cholatse (x9), Kang Guru, Kyajo Ri (x2), Mustagh Ata (x3), Pumori (x2) and Ganesh I.
After suspending our Pakistan climbs due to security concerns Altitude Junkies started offering ascents and logistics support in the Cordillera Blanca of Peru from 2012.
Percy Dextre Henostroza
Percy, a Peruvian IFMGA guide now oversees all the Peru climbs along with Phil Crampton. Percy has over 25 years of experience guiding in the Cordillera Blanca and his knowledge of the range is immense.
We offer full expeditions with two guides and small group sizes with cautious acclimatization in and around Huaraz before the respective treks to base camp. For climbers already acclimatized we offer quick guided ascents of popular climbs and mountain logistics for independent climbers.
Pasang Nuru Sherpa
Mountaineering is in Pasang’s DNA being from a family of well-known Sherpa mountaineers. He has a degree in Mountaineering Studies and has spent the last 10 plus years plus organizing expeditions for various western expedition companies. An accomplished climber himself, he is the owner of Altitude Junkies (Private) Limited., a Nepal government registered agency, offering Sherpa lead climbs to some of Nepal most popular peaks.
In addition to running the Altitude Junkies (Pvt) Ltd., Pasang is an owner of a new gear company, Alpinware, creating and producing innovative alpine climbing gear from his beloved home of Kathmandu.
Contact us: info@altitudejunkies.com