At home in the Nepali mountains

Born in Denmark with an unbroken lineage to the Vikings in his genes, Mads wasn’t the most likely person to become a mountain man of the Himalayas. Some of his ancestors’ adventurous inclinations must have been awakened by the many adventure books he read as a child because when the first chance to travel presented itself he jumped on the plane – all the way to South Africa. Here he spent a year learning about the world, himself, then continued to Asia and fell in love with Nepal. What was to be a one-year trip turned into a new life and adopted home. Nepal is a place that stays with you forever and Mads simply couldn’t get away, becoming entranced by the rich culture of the Himalayas and the amazing adventure potential there.

He began his career as a mountain bike and hiking guide in the Kathmandu valley, which he adores, and the years flew by. Soon he found himself not only guiding trips all over the Himalayas from Ladakh to Bhutan but also personally arranging them. For many people it’s the adventure of altitude or climbing a peak that takes them to the world’s highest mountains but for Mads it’s the people and their cultures that keep him exploring. After living in Kathmandu for seven years he moved to Australia where he lives with his girlfriend and leads trips around the world. A veteran in the adventure travel business he has organized and led trips in Turkey, Morocco, Tibet, India, Cambodia and Sri Lanka but Nepal remains his true love, where he spends half his time trekking, biking and guiding people through Kathmandu’s narrow alleys.