“Nepali climbing guide always wary of Aoraki/Mt Cook’s fickle weather”
—Esther Ashby-Coventry, The Timaru Herald
It’s the end of an era for our founder, Phurenje Sherpa, and the Aoraki Mount Cook community as he moves from living in the national park to a new home in Rolleston, Canterbury.
This wonderful article recounts some of Phurenje’s achievements both in Nepal, where he began his guiding career and summited Everest, and in New Zealand, where he survived 30 hours in a snow cave just below the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook during a deadly storm.
Click to read the full article here.
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“Constable establishes Himalayan trekking business with sherpa”
A nice article about the founding and vision for Koru Mountains Trekking and Expeditions.
about koru mountains
Koru Mountains Trekking and Expeditions was founded in 2015 by Phurenje Sherpa, who had previously emigrated to New Zealand from Nepal, and his longtime Kiwi friend Joe Rush.
Together, they created Koru Mountains to share the beauty of Nepal with visitors from New Zealand and around the world.
