Rabi Thapa, CEO of Sacred Summits (P) Ltd, with more than 19 years in the trek and tour business, has immense expertise both as a trekker as well as an industry entrepreneur. Rabi has worked in various capacities with major responsibilities as Operations Manager, General Manager, Director of Operations and Sales, as well as a shareholder in prominent travel organizations.

Some of the companies he worked with during the course of his career are the Tiger Mountain group, the Temple Tiger group, and Himalayan Holidays (P) Limited. A few of Rabi's remarkable achievements that demonstated his ingenious management skills in handling both large numbers of guests as well as field-staff in extreme conditions and for extended durations have been; the Everest Extreme Expeditions, Explorers Club Flag #117 Expedition, Werner Herzog's filming trip set in the harsh climes of the Tibetan plateau, and recently, the Himalayan Enfielders' ride to Lhasa and Everest Base Camp in Tibet in their classic Royal Enfiled 500 cc. motorcycles. September 2003 saw a new dimension in Nepal's travel industry with the conception of an overland motorbike tour from Kathmandu into Tibet. Rabi organized and led this 15-day epic adventure to Lhasa and the Everest Base Camp in Rongbuk. Of late, Rabi has been devoting much of his time in Maggie Burgess' Promise Nepal Leprosy Program where he helps gather, compile and translate data on the Khokana Leprosy colony, which lies in the southern fringe of the Kathmandu Valley. Promise Nepal is a non-profit organization in the United Kingdom that extends support to leprosy patients in Nepal.