Last week my phone buzzed with a message from Nepal. It was Prashant, one of our porters, sending me a photo of his newborn daughter Diyaa, his third child. Prashant calls me Mum. So when that photo came through, it felt like getting a picture of your own grandchild.

This is what people don't tell you about trekking in Nepal. Yes, there's the altitude and the training and the gear lists. All of that matters. But underneath all of it is something that will surprise you if you're not expecting it. The people. Not just the people you trek with. The people who make the trek possible.

There is no "add to cart" on my website. No instant booking, no automated confirmation email, no PDF itinerary fired into your inbox by a system that doesn't know your name.

What I offer instead is something no overseas booking site can replicate — a real person, a real relationship, and a community that starts long before anyone boards a plane to Kathmandu.

With 93,000 social media followers who already feel like family, and a 100% Himalayan summit success rate, here's what the journey actually looks like when you trek with me.