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Meet the Women Rewriting Nepal's Trekking Industry — and the Four AFL Stars Who Just Joined Their Trail

In 1993, three sisters in Pokhara trained Nepal's first female trekking guides because none existed. More than 2,000 women later, four AFLW athletes…

By Laxman Rawal · Aug 11, 2026

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In 1993, when Lucky Chhetri and her two sisters, Dicky and Nicky, decided to start a trekking company out of their family lodge in Pokhara, there was one problem with their plan: there were no female trekking guides in Nepal to hire. Not a few. None. So the…

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What this means for trekkers

If you're an international woman weighing whether to book a Nepal trek — solo, with friends, or on a dedicated women's departure — the practical answer has changed. This is no longer a scarcity you have to work around; it's an established part of the…

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