Announcing the new Sherpa Adventure Gear Flagship Store in Kathmandu, Nepal

The new Sherpa Adventure Gear Flagship Store is well on its way and we are very excited. Expected opening is in spring 2009. The building is massive and its location is awesome. I was extremely impressed with its thoughtful layout, open design, and ease of access. The building will feature 4,500 square feet of retail space on two levels for both our soft goods and hard goods for climbing and trekking. It will also have our corporate offices, a bed and breakfast, an upstairs terrace restaurant (with a grand view of the mountains) and coffee shop, parking garage, and a research and development space. Stayed tuned for more information as the project develops.

Sherpa Adventure Team makes first peak ascent of Kang Nachugo (6,735 meters) in the Rolwaling Himal, Nepal

David Gottlieb and Joe Puryear have had great success on making the first ascent of Kang Nachugo (6,735 meters) in the Rolwaling Himal of Nepal. The ascent was made over 5 days, summitting on October 17. Please visit their Climb Nepal blog for a full account: http://climbnepal.blogspot.com/

David Gottlieb climbing on the first ascent of Kang Nachugo (Photo by Joseph Puryear)