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501(C)(3)
Human Development
Learn. Grow. Lead. Transform
Inspired to Explore Inc (ITE) is a Pennsylvania-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit human development organization with the mission to explore nature, inspire change, and enhance our health and well-being. The organization has a vision to inspire change in people's lives and livelihoods through a deeper connection with the natural world. ITE uses the transformative power of nature, education, leadership, and community to help people learn, grow, lead, and transform.. Over the past three years, ITE has hosted 20 + free events that includes community hikes, runs and outdoor wellness events where more than 800 people participated from Dauphin, Cumberland, York, and Perry Counties, Pittsburgh, and Scranton. Majority of the participants reported that the outdoor experiences like hiking and biking have positively changed how they felt in their body, their mind, and their sense of belonging. ITE's active programs includes outdoor wellness advocacy (Nature Rx Advocacy), leadership training and development, nature-powered productivity, education and scholarships, and youth empowerment are not a menu of separate services.
Ang Dawa Sherpa
Senior Advisor, IFMGA Mountain Guide & High Altitude Strategist
Wilderness First Responder Certified
Co-Founder & IFMGA/UIAGM-Certified Mountain Guide, Ang Dawa Sherpa, is an internationally certified IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide and a Guinness World Record holder with over 21 years of experience leading high-altitude expeditions.
As one of the most accomplished mountaineers in the Himalayas, Ang Dawa has reached the summit of Mount Everest 10 times, and holds the world record (with his wife, Pasang Phuti Sherpa) for the fastest couple to summit Everest, achieved on May 14, 2019.
Ang's mountaineering resume includes successful ascents of many of the world's most iconic peaks: Manaslu (8,163m) twice, Cho Oyu (8,201m), Gyachung Khang (7,075m), and Ama Dablam (6,812m) six times, along with countless trekking peaks and technical climbs. He completed his first Everest ascent via the North Side in 2007 and has since guided dozens of successful expeditions across the Himalayas and beyond.
Ang Dawa is known for his technical skill and expedition leadership and his calm presence, cultural insight, and commitment to client safety.
Ang is deeply passionate about making positive impact in the life of people through natural exploration and high altitude expeditions, there by transforming the life of individuals being touched.
