#22 Interview: Anthea Fisher - Mt. Everest Base Camp Manager gives deep insights into her work

Checking in with Anthea Fisher


Anthea works in operations and logistics in some of the most
remote places in the world. Supporting medical programs for
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the developing world, as a
field guide and logistics manager in the Antarctic and supporting
expeditions to the Himalaya. She has over a decade of experience
in mountain rescue, leading search and rescue teams in New
Zealand and Antarctica.


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We talk about:


How Anthea got involved in such interesting remote jobs and
she lets us know more about her profession

What challenges she faces and how she deals with them

What is so demanding in her international work and also
mentally

Anthea describes her work in the Mt. Everest Base Camp and
her work with the Sherpas

What mental and physical subjects show up in the mountaineers
at Mt. Everest Base Camp and on the way up to the summit

The earthquake that happened in 2015 when she was the Base
Camp Manager for Adventure Consultants

The Heli crash Anthea was involved in December 2013 when she
flew out to a very remote area in the Antarctica

Further plans she has in the future



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What Anthea has done so far:


Since 2010 has been involved in mountain search and rescue,
in NZ and Antarctica

Teaching avalanche courses in the winter and during the
summer seasons she’s heads “South” to Antarctica, where she has
worked as a Field Guide, leading groups of scientists into some
of the most remote and untouched corners of the planet. More
recently she has sailed south, working on the Australian resupply
vessel, as the Deputy Voyage Leader, overseeing cargo operations
for the once-a-year station resupply on the icebreaking ship, the
Aurora Australis.

2015 - 2018 Base Camp Manager for Adventure Consultants
Everest Expedition.

Since 2017 has worked for MSF. Most recently to Mozambique in
2019 following cyclone Idai, to manage the logistics for a
cholera treatment center.

Between this, she has been working towards completing a
Masters in International Public Health, something she has had to
fit between being at home and being in remote locations with
limited internet connections.

At present, she has her bags packed, waiting for final
confirmation of travel details, to head out again to support MSF
and the projects they are working on globally.



Ressources to check out:


Anthea Fisher on Instagram


Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International


Adventure Consultants


Sherpa Future Fund


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