Cost Impacts
CostingAs the number of climbers increase so does the costs, due to 16 deaths in 2014 the funding to climb Mount Everest has increased once again in 2015. Many life insurance companies have also increased their payment too in regards to Mount Everest.
Here is a breakdown of prices to climb Mount Everest PERSONAL TRAVEL $2,425 – $6,325 Airfare $1500 to $5000 depending on class and routing and excess baggage Transportation Kathmandu to Lukla $325 round trip per person Hotel and food in Kathmandu $300 to $700 depending on delays Nepal Visa $100 Immunizations $200 Getting to EBC $3,990 – $4,550 Yaks to and from Base Camp $150 per yak per day carrying 120lbs, (4 yaks for 4 days minimum or $2400) Porters to and from Base Camp $75 per porter per day carrying 60lbs (3 porters for 6 days minimum or $1350) Tea Houses and food on trek to EBC $20 – $100/person /day – 7 days $140 – $700 Park Fee $100/team Climbing Fees $16,650 – $21,650 Nepalese Liaison Officer $2,500/team South Base Camp Medical support $100/person Permit $11,000 for each climber regardless of team size on South, $7,000 for Westerner, $3,000 for Nepali Sherpa on North Garbage and human waste deposit $4,000/team permit (refundable but not always) Icefall Doctors to fix route $2,500/team or $600 per climber Contribution to fixed ropes above Icefall $150/climber Weather forecast $0 to $1,000 Puja $300 EBC and High Camps $3,500 – $8,800 Tents $3,000 new (sleeping, cooking, toilet, storage at 4 camps for 3 people) Cooks $5,000 per cook and assistant for 6 weeks Food and fuel $800 per person for 6 weeks Climbing $3,990 – $12,430 Oxygen $550/bottle (5 bottles) $2,750 (doesn’t include costs to take to high camps) Oxygen Mask (Summit Oxygen) $440 Oxygen Regulator $500 Climbing Sherpa $5,000 per Personal Sherpa with same oxygen as client Misc $11,650 – $16,400 – 36,400 Medical kit $1,000 Sherpas, cooks tips and bonus $250 – $2,000 per individual depending on performance and summit Helicopter evacuation from EBC-South $5,000 – $20,000 depending on start and end locations (not available on north) Rescue Insurance: $400 Personal Gear (down suit, high altitude boots, sleeping bags, etc): $7,000 Satellite phone (own) $1,000 to $3,000 depending on usage gear allowance for Sherpas $2,000 |
How prices affect who will climb Mount Everest?This map in the picture above, shows the distribution of World Wealth Levels in 2014 from the following information provided people who are most likely to climb Mount Everest are going to be quite wealthy. So all the countries in the ‘Over USD 100,000’ bracket would be relevant countries to climb Mount Everest. Countries like Australia, United States of America, Canada, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, Japan, United Kingdom, France, and Germany would all be candidates just from the information provided.
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