Tendi Sherpa hopes to take some of the techniques (specifically setting up an efficient rescue chain) learned during this 5 week mountain guide certification in Valais, Swizterland back home with him to Nepal. Â I’m sure the Swiss pros learned a thing or two from Tendi as well.

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