Nepalese mountain guides have additional technical skills, the abilities of a are risk assessment & management, gear management, guiding, communication and train. In all sectors demonstrate the highest possible levels of professionalism.

 Risk management:

The assignments of a mountain guide are guiding, advising, and trains of clients in Himalayan terrain. The executed activities mainly take place in natural environments; however, activities in natural & artificial environments are also subject to certain dangers. One of the main tasks of the mountain guide is to protect clients and himself with safety measures (recognizing, planning, tactics and application of suitable belaying techniques) as effectively as possible from dangers during the execution of these activities. For this reason reduces the risk through specialized know-how and competence to act in accordance with the below defined “subjective and objective risks”. 

Subjective risk:

The subjective risk of a mountaineering activity is the remaining risk that has to be accepted by the person extending mountaineering activities if persons indirectly & directly involved carry out the activity normally associated with the engagement of this type of mountaineering activities.

Objective risk:

Objective risk is present when exterior circumstances including environmental factors continually present maximally average risk exposure concerning objective dangers. 

The subjective and objective risk is usually less than the general risk when executing the corresponding mountaineering activities because, not all people who carry out mountaineering activities dispose of enough competences to use the recognized rules of the types of mountaineering activities according to the situation.