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FIRST STEPS HIMALAYA

 

 

High Altitude Mountain Guide - Tim Rippel  Tim

Owner-Operator of Peak Freak Expeditions. Guiding and Instructing since 1983.

Tim Rippel - Owner/ Operator of  Peak Freak Expeditions based in Western Canada. Tim grew up in the Okanagan, British Columbia. Immediately upon graduation he began a career in guiding  and instructing . Now 28 years later he has not looked back, only up. Tim has been successfully operating mountaineering and trekking expeditions in the Himalayas for the past 25 years. Veteran of 50+ Himalayan expeditions including "12- times" on Mt. Everest from Nepal and Tibet as well as neighboring peaks of Mt. Ama Dablam, Mt. Pumori and Island Peak.  Other climbs include the Coastal Mountains of British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies, Denali numerous times the Pamirs in Russia, Africa and South America.  Whether it is heli-skiing, extreme mountain biking or climbing the world’s tallest peaks, Tim holds a flawless safety record and your safety is his priority.

He instructs and examines Canadian Search and Rescue professionals in Mountain Rescue for the Canadian government, runs a ski guide training program and teaches Avalanche Courses when he is not  in the Himalayas..  Tim spends 12 months a year living and working in a mountain environment.

As a seasoned High Altitude Mountain Guide, High Altitude Cameraman and Extreme Skier, Tim spends the winter months working as a lead heli-ski guide in the Bonnington Mountain range and instructs mountain safety courses from the Rippel's lodge outside their front door in his hometown in Nelson B.C. Canada. He is certified by the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ski guide) and is also a professional member of the Canadian Avalanche Association, Mountain Safety and Risk Management Professional and examiner as well as a certified Outdoor Leadership Instructor and certified in Mountain Medicine. His professional guiding career began when he led the C.O.L.T. (Canadian Outdoor Leadership Training)  program at Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island.  During this time, Tim took the opportunity to explore the remote West Coast Mountains on his time off from guiding he explored many routes solo.  Stories from this time in his life provide for some good tent time entertainment in the Himalayas.

He trained for his first Everest Expedition from his post at a ski area in Northern British Columbia where he was in charge of

"I am proud to be a friend of you both. Your involvement in Nepal and its people is one of the things that Tim really impressed upon me, he is a different kind of climber, and I aspire to that. I would trust my children to climb Everest with Tim. He is one of the most well rounded climbers I know."

Todd Sampson-

Canadian/Australian   -Peak Freak- Mt. Everest summit- May 21, 2001

 

 mountain safety and outdoor operations.  He trained for the cold and skied the extreme faces of the Murray Range (foothills of the Rocky Mountains) daily as part of his training regime. His extreme skiing has taken him to Mt. Robson (highest mountain in the B.C. Rockies) for an icy North Face winter ski accent as well as the first ski ascent on Mt. Everest's North side in 1991 from the top of the North Col. At this time Tim was given the name "Peak Freak" from fellow skiers and later adopted the name for his company.

Tim's Everest climbing career has brought him the opportunity to work with many legendary climbers like Allison Hargreaves, Eric Jones, Greg Child, Anatoli Boukerev, Rob Hall and American one leg amputee, Tom Whitaker to name a few.

Some of Tim's Everest experiences have been aired on networks across the nation. He provided footage to  National Geographic, the Discovery Channel "Climb for Hope" in 1991, and again currently for " Storm Warning". 

To learn more about what people say about Peak Freak Expeditions, ask for a list of testimonials and contact numbers.  The most important question to ask yourself when taking on such an endeavor as high altitude climbing is; who is doing the guiding?  Ask around, if you are not completely satisfied, keep asking.

TESTIMONIALS- click here to see what people have to say.

AKA- Tim Ripple for the benefit of finding a common spelling mistake used when searching Everest on search engines. 

 

Expedition Logistics & Communications: Becky Rippel

BECKY RIPPEL- A travel professional of over 35 years takes her skills to the mountains following husband Tim Rippel and his expeditions to the world's highest mountains, Mt. Everest and beyond.. Becky runs the administration end of Peak Freaks and is a Group International Travel specialists who takes great pride in detailed expedition logistics lists and client communications.  Becky owned and operated an International Ski Tour business prior to meeting and joining forces in marriage, adventure and business with Tim. She is a Level II CSIA Ski Instructor and Certified International Travel Agent specializing in group travel.  In 1983 she was a key player in the start-up office of the "first" Uniglobe Travel Agency in Canada at which there are now over 1000 offices in five countries. Becky leads treks to base camp where trekkers are invited to join in and be part of life on our mountaineering expedition and without climbing skills. She has spent the past 18 years working and learning with sherpa families and friends while following Tim's climbs. Because of this Peak Freak participants are offered a unique and privileged look inside the homes and lives of the sherpa people of the Everest region.

Tim and Becky you guys did an outstanding job of organizing, hosting and guiding. You have surpassed my expectations. Your attention to detail and effort to provide service was dedicated and thorough. Many companies could learn from you."

Ralph Rhey- Japan/Canada

 

 

EVEREST GUIDES

VERY IMPORTANT READ:  As it is in all other countries in the world, using Certified Mountain Guides is essential and most of the time mandatory not only for the country you are climbing in but more importantly the well being of members of the team and especially on Everest. Stats are being calculated on the number of incidents that have occurred with climbers being led by "trip leaders" compared to operators who use " certified mountain guides" and you would find the differences to be astounding. Just because someone has been lucky enough to successfully climb Everest before does not mean they meet all the criteria and have learned and practiced skills that save lives and offer client care in extreme circumstance and most important- prevention. 

Peak Freaks uses only Certified Mountain Guides for our Everest Expeditions. IFMGA, NSMGA and NMA (Nepal Mountaineering Association) and aspiring ones with apprenticing certifications and certified Sherpa climbing guides. All our guides are paid the highest in professional fees, maintain their professional standards with the association, are required to have their skills reviewed on a regular basis making them insurable by standards that are recognized worldwide. This is who we put our climbers on a rope with. If you are paying close to the same in fees and your guides are not certified, I'd be seriously be looking elsewhere. This is a serious climb with serious consequences should things go wrong. Rule number one of surviving Everest: prevention.

One of the most important things you can do when shopping around for a commercial Everest outfitter is to find out who is doing the guiding? are they certified? if you are not completely satisfied, keep looking!

 

 

 

 

CLIMBING GUIDE and TREKKING SARDAR- Ang Nima Sherpa - (NMA)

Age 49: Sardar or Sirdar is a Sherpa mountain guide. Ang Nima lives in the sherpa village of Kunde, Nepal where he and his wife Kamirita own the Kunde the Lodge. Ang Nima manages all other sherpas and porters on our climbing and trekking expeditions. He is the most experienced of all our sherpas having worked with us since our beginning of our time in the Himalayas on the Tibetan side of Everest in 1991.  He has been to our home in Canada and is our family. His survival stories of avalanches on Kanchenjunga, not once but twice, are sure to keep you on track while walking the trails of the Himalayas with him. 

 

 

Peak Freaks happy and hard working team!

Ang Dawa Sherpa Ang Namgay Sherpa Ang Nima Sherpa Chhong Karma Sherpa Chuldim Dorjee Sheroa
Dami Sherpa Dawa Tshering Sherpa Dawa Tshering Sherpa Jangbu Sherpa Karsung Sherpa
Lhakpa Geljan Sherpa Lhakpa Sherpa Lhakpa Tenzing Lakpa Geljan Sherpa Mingmar Sherpa
Ngwang Nuri Sherpa Ngwang  Sherpa Palden Sherpa Pem Nuri Phu Tashi Sherpa
Ridar Lhome Bhote Sherpa Sange Phuru Sherpa Sere Sherpa Sonam Finjo Sherpa Sonam Sherpa
Tashi Thundu Sherpa Thilen Bhote Sherpa Tshering Lopsang Sherpa Urken Lendu Sherpa  
 

 

Our highly regarded High Altitude Sherpa guides after a hard days work. 

 CLIMBING GUIDE-  Ngima Sherpa - (NMA) Specialized Island Peak Guide.

Ngima is Ang Nima's son. Nima works on our expeditions in Nepal during the Dashian Festival which takes place during oceur autumn climbs on Ama Dablam and Pumori. The schools in Nepal are closed during this month so it works well for Ngima to take a break from his schooling in Kathmandu and work on his real passion "guiding and climbing". Ngmia is a member of the NMA- Nepal Mountaineering Association and attended the Manang Mountain School in Thame. We first met Ngima helping his mother and sister working in the family teahouse in Khunde. He was just a young boy then and has chosen to follow in his father's footsteps working in the mountains that they know so well. 

Ngima now specializes in leading our Island Peak groups.

 

AFRICA SPECIALIST AND GUIDES

KILIMANJARO LEAD GUIDE- Reginal Stevens- Certified Park Mountain Guide

Regi is one of the most senior guides working on Kilimanjaro. We were honored to learn of his continued interest in working with Peak Freaks as lead mountain guide for our Kilimanjaro Expeditions. Regi has had over 100 ascent on Kilimanjaro, he could do it with his eyes closed yet each trip his enthusiasm and love for what he does never faulters. 

 

 

 

PEAK FREAK TANZANIA OPERATIONS MANAGER-  Edita Mboya

This is our lovely Edita who will meet you at the hotel upon your arrival. She is behind all our Tanzanian logistics, organzing guides, group lists, transportation and making sure everyone is accounted for. We could not manage our expeditions worlds apart without her many years of experience working with groups. 

 

 

 

 

PEAK FREAK ESSENTIALS

Michael Scott Mortensen - Adventure Filmmaker/Writer and Multi Media support

Scott summited Mt. Everest via the south ridge May 21, 2008 with Peak Freaks. A former firefighter and real estate project manager, Scott's deepest passion is for Philanthropy. To raise funds for an orphanage in Thailand called the House of Miracles, he rode a bicycle across the entire United States with his best friend, Matt Elam. To help rebuild the Bay Islands after Hurricane Mitch, he shot a documentary film and contributed financially to the Pandytown Youth Center on Roatan, Honduras. While studying Cultural Anthropology in New Zealand he met the Dalai Lama and while in Rome he listened to Pope John Paul II at the Vatican. Scott has done motivational speaking here in the States, shot photography in Russia, built a community center in Fiji, and published articles worldwide from Hawaii to Saudi Arabia. 

Currently, Scott is writing a book about his experiences called, The TarZen Diet. Part memoir, part motivational literature, the book promotes his concept of "total life nourishment." There is even an indpendent film of the same name to accompany the novel- which Scott wrote, produced and directed.

Scott will leading and filming our Kilimanjaro New years expedition commencing Dec. 28, 2009. He will film the climb and produce a DVD that will be available to participants, or anyone interested for that matter. I can assure you it will be good, both the flim and the climb. If you have seen the Peak Freak Everest 2008 preview YouTube flick on this site you will get a good idea of what I mean. Scott was also the master blogger throughout the Everest 2008 climb. When the expedition was over, our readers were begging for more. An extremely gifted and entertaining personality to climb Kili with this New Years. The "ONCE IN A BLUE MOON" expedition.

  

 

 

 

A few of our Sherpa family of friends when they were young. 

 

 

HIMALAYAN HIGH ALTITUDE SPECIALISTS since 1983

 

 

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