Well, I was working as a porter in the trekking for quite a long time. And I thought I had sufficient experience of trekking trails and was ready to be a trekking guide. I took my trekking guide license course in 2009 and started to work as a trekking guide then. My first ever experience as a guide was more exciting and a bit nervous as well. For the first time, I served as an assistant guide on the Annapurna Hardway Trek. This trek started from Kalikstan Pokhara and ended in Jomsom Mustang.
I was on that trekking trail before as a porter a couple of times. And at this time, I was there as an assistant trekking guide. I was a bit nervous and more excited to work as a guide. At that time, we drove from Kathmandu to Kalikasitan by bus. Unfortunately, along the way, the bus’s tire got flat. So we had to stop for around two hours to fix the tire. Anyway, the mechanic came and fixed the tire, and then we drove to our destination.
My profession is my passion, I love it, and I do it with my heart.
That was the camping trek, and we had a very big team, including members, guides, kitchen staff, and porters. As an assistant guide, I have to help to place the tents of members and look after overall things. With me, we have 3 guides: one first guide, one more assistant guide, and me as another assistant guide.
This was my first time as a guide, so I felt a different experience than when I used to be a porter. I felt more responsible for the member and the success of the trip. Most of the time, I have to take care of the daily needed things carried by the porter and manage an equal load for each porter. Every day in the morning time we have to check the loads for each porter before we leave the camping spot.
Trekking was going well on day four, but we had to do ha elicopter rescue. Because the group member fell down and twisted her ankle, she flew back to Kathmandu with her husband. Again, on day 7, we did another helicopter rescue for one more person. He was a fatty guy and a body trainer, but with an elevation of 3200m, he gave up going higher in the mountains. Similarly, on the day before passing Namrung La, we did one more rescue for an old lady.
After that, the trek went perfectly, and we completed the trek without any problems. That was my first trek as a guide. And that was the chance to learn how to become the best guide and how guides have to work in the Camping trekking. I learn so many things from that first-ever trek, and after that, I have been working as a trekking guide in the Himalayas of Nepal.
Overall, my first ever opportunity as a guide, I fulfilled my duty with my heart, and I took my responsibilities from my mind so that that trek was an opportunity to learn, grow, and develop myself as a professional trekking guide.
