Each climbing season, thousands of Sherpas, porters, cooks and other workers support mountaineers on and around the world’s highest mountains in the Himalayas.
Too many risk their lives unnecessarily, because of lack of adequate equipment, training or experience. Mountain climbing is an important source of revenue for local communities, but too many work without fair compensation.
The purpose of Lama Sherpa Foundation is to promote safety, fair working conditions, fair pay, and sustainable value creation in and around the local communities in the Himalayas.
The Lama Sherpa Foundation is named after Tenjen “Lama” Sherpa, who holds the record for being the fastest climbers to true summit all 14 peaks over 8,000 meters. He accomplished this feat in just 92 days, in 2023. He tragically died in an avalanche just weeks later.
The foundation seeks to continue and build on Tenjen Sherpa’s passion and commitment for fair, safe and professional working conditions.
Kristin Harila set, together with Tenjen Lama Sherpa, in July 2023, the world record in climbing all fourteen 8000 meter high mountains in only 92 days. Why? To prove to the world that a good team can do anything, no matter the gender or origin.
Kristin has, during her expeditions, climbed the 8000-peaks in total 28 times. She has seen how waste negatively impact nature and people in the mountains. She has, in memory of late Lama, decided to start the TENJEN-HARILA Cleanup Project. A project with an overall goal to make mountain tourism more sustainable and improve living conditions for the people who live off and work on the mountains.
Born with a passion.
