Shes Kanta Sharma (aka KC Bhuwan), a guide for Mountain Travel, has been nominated for The Paul Morrison Guide Award 2006 as the world's top trekking guide. KC is one of 11 guides nominated by readers of Wanderlust magazine who are in the running for the inaugural award. Working the Annapurna circuit and booked through Escape2Nepal, Tiger Mountain and Himalayan Kingdoms, KC started work as a porter when he was 16, and worked his way up as cook boy and sherpa to Sirdar. Winners will be decided by a panel of judges but the magazine is also asking for comments from readers

(http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/magazine/guides.html).