Our Team
Nawang Sherpa - Co-Founder
High-altitude mountaineer and mountaineering sports consultant. First person in the world to climb Chomolungma/Mount Everest using a prosthetic leg. Nawang is now devoting his life and accomplishments through ENABLED SPORTS to help fellow amputees and those struggling to overcome traumatic injuries. Nawang is originally from the high mountains region of Nepal, and currently lives with his family in Northern California. Learn more about Nawang and his historic climb as part of the Friendship Beyond Borders Expedition in 2004.
As a trans-tibial amputee, Nawang contributes his unique experience, technical support, advice, perspectives, and training expertise to developing and delivering the programs, training, events, and other activities for ENABLED SPORTS. He also provides his expertise and promotional talents to other companies that specialize in mountaineering-related sports, such as Granite Gear, Performance Sports, and Northern Orthotic and Prosthetic Center.
Linda McMillan - Co-Founder
Climber, conservationist and business consultant who founded and runs the operations of ENABLED SPORTS, a social enterprise organization. Working with Nawang Sherpa, she is focused on developing the company's programs, training, events, and other activities to enable amputees and those recovering from traumatic injuries to connect to the physical and mental benefits of climbing and other mountaineering-related sports such as hiking and trekking.
Linda also works closely with national and international conservation organizations to link recreationists like climbers to mountain protection projects. Learn more about Linda and her work around the world to protect mountains by creating "citizen-scientists".
Tom McMillan - Co-Founder
Expert rock climber, mountaineer and software developer who stood on the summit of Chomolungma (Mount Everest) with his friend Nawang Sherpa on the clear and calm morning of May 16, 2004. Tom was instrumental in enabling Nawang to have his "once in a lifetime" chance to climb Everest. He has climbed two of the world's highest peaks, Chomolungma (Mount Everest) and Manaslu (with Nawang's mountain guide brother, Ang Dawa Sherpa) on his first attempt.
Tom also excels at ice climbing and all aspects of rock climbing, including spending ten days or more climbing the most difficult aid-climbing routes on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. Tom has also free-climbed (with ropes) El Capitan's 3,000 ft face in a day with friends. Tom contributes mountaineering and mountain sports advice plus logistics and technical support for ENABLED SPORTS.