How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?

As we all know, the cost of climbing Mount Everest is very high. How is this cost made up? Where will the cost be higher? Let's introduce Bian Xiao to you. If you really want to climb Mount Everest, you must prepare enough money.

How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?

"How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?" This is one of the most common problems. The simplest answer is that the cost of a car is at least $30,000, but many people will pay more. This is the most common problem and cost of climbing Mount Everest.

The price of climbing Mount Everest is not fixed. Prices range from 30 thousand dollars to 85 thousand dollars. Exploration companies in Nepal occupy the market at low prices, and traditional western organizers differentiate their products by adding more services. In other words, climbing Mount Everest has become a mature market, just like buying a car or flying.

How much it costs depends on your climbing style, logistical support and where you climb. Nowadays, in order to protect the environment, there are fewer and fewer standard climbing places in Tibet (North Slope). At present, the vast majority of Everest climbers in the world, including those in China, often choose to climb from the south side of Mount Everest in Nepal.

In the south, the average cost of climbing to the top of the mountain is about $42,000, and in the north it is $39,000. If a customer is equipped with one or more western guides to climb Mount Everest from the south slope, it will cost at least 60 thousand dollars. If you go to a low-cost Nepalese company, it will cost about $30,000.

There are three ways to climb Mount Everest: personal climbing, logistics outsourcing or joining a business team.

Nowadays, more and more Everest climbers come from India and China, and they have become a supplement to the traditional climbers in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia. Most local tour guides in Nepal can meet these needs. The increase in the number of climbers in China has greatly promoted the country's tourism, and at the same time aggravated the congestion of Mount Everest.

At the same time, a large number of Nepalese mountaineering companies owned by China or led by China have appeared in the Nepalese market, aiming at the China market.

Where's my money?

Whether climbing Mount Everest from Nepal or Tibet, the cost mainly consists of four parts: travel expenses, license/insurance fees, equipment fees and guide fees. A person can climb independently without a team, but few people do it because it is too expensive.

A trip to Nepal will cost 500-7000 dollars.

The cost of travel depends entirely on the number of star hotels you stay in and the way you travel. Prices range from a few hundred dollars to more than seven thousand dollars. Most foreign tourists use Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways. China tourists can easily take flights from China International Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Tibet Airlines and China Southern Airlines to Nepal.

After arriving in Kathmandu, continue to fly to Lukara. It takes about a week to walk from Lukara to the base camp. You and your support team have to eat and live along the way, and the total amount is between $400 and $65,438+0,000, depending on how you travel and how much beer or whisky you drink every day.

However, you should not only go to the base camp by yourself, but also bring your own equipment: tents, food, oxygen and so on. Must be transported to the base camp. Backpacks and yaks cost at least $75 a day, so the total is usually several thousand dollars. The large expedition will hire helicopters. Climbing from the Tibetan area can save some money. You can drive all the way to the base camp, which is included in your permit.

Personal travel expenses range from 2,425 to 6,325 dollars.

The fare is between 1500 and 5000, depending on your cabin and excess baggage charges.

The round-trip ticket from Kathmandu to Lukara is $325.

The cost of accommodation and meals in Kathmandu is 300-700 dollars, depending on your accommodation level.

Nepal 90-day visa fee 100 USD.

(Visa-free fee for China citizens)

Vaccination costs 200 dollars.

3,990 dollars to 4,550 dollars at Everest Base Camp.

The daily cost of yaks to and from the camp is 150 USD, and the load is 120 lbs (about 55 kg) (at least $2,400 for 4 yaks in 4 days).

A porter travels to and from the base camp every day, and it costs 75 dollars to carry 60 pounds (about 27 kilograms) (3 porters need at least 1350 dollars for 6 days).

During the EBC hiking, the accommodation fee is 20- 100 USD/person/day (at least 140-700 USD for 7 days).

Equipment parking fee 100 USD/group.

License fees range from $7,000 to $65,438+$07,500.

The license fee for climbing Mount Everest is $0/1000 per person in Nepal and $7,000 per person in Tibet. In Nepal, the license only indicates that mountaineering is allowed, while in Aconcagua, Argentina or McKinley, Alaska, the license fee is $800 and $365 respectively, but it includes helicopter rescue, high-altitude camp maintenance, seasonal employee employment, mountaineering information provision and environmental protection fees.

Nepal implemented a new regulation on 20 13, requiring every foreign climber coming to Nepal to hire a local Sherpa guide. These provisions should also apply to. But it is not clear how to implement it, and it is not clear whether the person in charge of each team needs to implement it, but it has increased at least $4,000 on the basis of the absolute lowest price. In 2000, a climber climbed without permission and was eventually repatriated by the Nepalese government, and was banned from climbing and exploring in Nepal for the next five years.

If you want to take Nepali Sherpas to Tibet for mountaineering, the Tibet Mountaineering Association of China requires each Sherpa to pay a "work permit" fee of $3,000.

Most tour guide companies in Nepal will require their teams to buy at least rescue insurance, and most will also require medical insurance. One of the best investments you can make is to include cancellation risk in your insurance policy. In 20 14 and 20 15, the Everest climbing season came to an abrupt end, and those who bought travel cancellation/interruption insurance received 100% of the travel expenses.

Travelex is a popular choice. To save money, you can join the American Mountain Club, which will pay $7,500 for the rescue through GlobalRescue. However, before you start to get help, you must go to your will or home by yourself. Most people will pay hundreds of dollars extra to upgrade the most basic services.

You must strictly abide by all these agreements, or you will not get compensation. Yes, strictly observe it. A small mistake and misunderstanding prevented you from getting compensation.

Climbing costs $65438 +06650 to $265438 +0650.

Nepal Alpine Liaison Officers are $2,500 each.

The medical support for the base camp is $65,438+000 per person.

Nepal Everest Permit 1 1000 USD/person; The Everest Pass in Tibet (Westerners) costs $7,000 each, and Sherpa in Nepal costs $3,000 each.

And a deposit of $4,000 for garbage and human excrement (refundable, but not necessarily refundable).

The glacier doctor's road repair fee is $2,500 per group or $600 per person.

The road rope fixing fee on the Khumbu Glacier is 150 USD/person.

The weather forecast is 0- 1000 USD.

The simmering ceremony is $300

The insurance premium is 400-2500 dollars.

The cost of rescue is 70-400 dollars.

500 dollars for medical treatment.

Cancel 100 USD

The cost of rescue on the south slope of Mount Everest is $5,000-$20,000 (depending on the starting point and end point).

The equipment cost is $ 12000.

You need to eat and keep warm. About 97.3% people on Mount Everest use oxygen. You can buy food and cook by yourself, but most people hire Nepalese chefs at the base camp, which costs about $5,000. At the same time, they must have a budget of about $800 to buy food and fuel during the six weeks of climbing Mount Everest.

Use at least 5 bottles of oxygen at $550 each, totaling about $2,750. At the same time, the oxygen mask is 450 dollars and the oxygen regulator is 450 dollars. You can bring extra oxygen to the high camp, but most people need to hire Sherpas to carry oxygen. If you hire a private Sherpa to provide him with climbing oxygen at a low flow rate, it will cost about 2000 dollars extra.

Finally, you need mountaineering equipment, including boots, down jackets, warm clothes, gloves, sleeping bags, backpacks and so on. If you buy all new ones, it will cost at least 7000 dollars. Alpine boots like LaSportiva or Xiaomi cost about $65,438+0,000, one-piece down jackets like Yuyou or MountainHardwear cost more than $65,438+0,000, and down sleeping bags with a temperature range of -30 degrees cost at least $500.

Miscellaneous11650-16400-36400 USD

First aid kit 1000 USD

Sherpa's cooperation, chef's advice and $ 250-2000 bonus (depending on performance or whether it reaches the top)

Personal equipment (jumpsuits, hiking shoes, sleeping bags, etc.). ).):$7,000

Satellite phone (personal use) is charged according to usage 1, 000-3,000 USD.

Sherpa equipment subsidy $2,000

Everest base camp and high camp $3,500-8,800

The tent is $3,000 (three people sleep, cook, go to the toilet and store things).

Chef's fee is $5,000 (chefs and assistants work for 6 weeks).

Food and fuel costs $800 (6 weeks)

Support mountaineering activities from $3990 to1$2430.

Oxygen 550/ bottle (5 bottles) * * * USD 2,750 (excluding transportation to Gao Camp).

Oxygen masks are $450 each.

$450/oxygen regulator

Sherpa cooperates with $5,000, and Sherpa oxygen is $2,000.

$20,000 to $80,000 for logistics support (excluding licenses)

For decades, western adventure companies, such as adventure consultants, AlpineAscents(AAI), JaggedGlobe, HimalayanExperience(Himex), international mountaineering guide (IMG) and so on. Everyone paid $40,000 to $65,000 to climb Everest.

But this situation is changing. 20 16 local exploration companies in Nepal launched fierce competition. Many Sherpas who have climbed Mount Everest ten times or more are advertisements themselves, and they have saved as much as $65,438+$00,000-$25,000 in fees paid to western tour guides.

Coupled with the lower-than-normal wages sometimes paid to Sherpa partners, chefs and porters, the operating cost of Nepal exploration company is one-third of that of traditional western exploration companies.

According to the survey, in 2000, the average price of exploration companies in Nepal when climbing from the south slope with Sherpa guides was $42,000, and it was $62,000 if equipped with climbing guides from the west. Climbing from the north slope, equipped with Sherpa or Tibetan cooperation, the average price is $38,000.

If you want to join a low-cost Nepalese company, the price of climbing from the south slope or the north slope is about 30 thousand dollars. If private western guides or international mountain guides are hired, the price is 1 14000 USD.

How to climb Mount Everest

In Nepal, almost everyone calls himself a mountain guide. You have three choices: Sherpa cooperation, Sherpa tour guide and western tour guide.

Sherpa cooperation

For $30,000, you can join a southern slope expedition supported by Sherpa cooperation organization. The adventure company is responsible for all the logistical preparations: food, public facilities, transportation and cooperation with Sherpa people, but it does not provide traditional western guides, or even Sherpa guides. Sherpa may or may not speak fluent English. He will take you to the top of the mountain and come back. This is a very common phenomenon. In the process of climbing, you may be alone and your cooperation is lost.

Sherpa guide (Sherpa guide)

International Sherpa Mountaineering Guide (IMG) refers to a mountaineering team led by an experienced Sherpa Mountaineering Guide. The market price of this climbing mode is $44,000. It is usually up to an experienced Sherpa leader to make important decisions, such as when to reach the peak or retreat. A variant of this model is to hire a private Sherpa mountaineering guide. These Sherpa guides have gained rich experience and skills in rock climbing practice with western clients 1: 1. Their English level is usually very good. You will never climb alone.

Maybe they won't help you carry your equipment, but whether it's the night before the summit or giving up before the summit, they will always be with you. In addition to paying $5,000-7,000 for individual Sherpa guides, you also need to pay 5%-20% tips and bonuses.

Western guide

Western guided exploration is a kind of "comprehensive service" and the best choice for climbers who are climbing Mount Everest for the first time or want more support.

Prices vary widely, ranging from 55 thousand to 85 thousand dollars. This includes a Sherpa guide and all services that enjoy one or more western guides. If you want to have your own private western tour guide, you must pay $654.38 million, plus tips and bonuses.

There is no language barrier in this way of climbing. Western tour guides will make decisions on all issues, such as return time, weather, handling emergencies and so on.

These high-end adventures, your food is of high quality, and five-star chefs prepare exotic foods for you. There are coffee machines, bars and so on.

The most expensive exploration companies always have some western guides, but now many mountaineers from China have taken their place to cope with the expanding market in China.

: discuss the following issues in depth

1. Do I have to climb along the traditional route?

No, as long as you can get a climbing permit, you can climb Mount Everest along any route. If you want to climb from Nepal to Tibet or other unconventional routes, you need permission from these two countries. But years of experience show that it is almost impossible to apply for a similar license.

2. Can I climb Mount Everest alone?

Don't! In 20 13, Nepal's Ministry of Tourism issued a policy requiring all climbers to hire a Sherpa guide. China Tibet Mountaineering Association has similar requirements. But there are exceptions, such as some peaks around Mount Everest.

How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest at least?

As mentioned earlier, it is almost impossible to climb Mount Everest completely independently along the traditional route. However, you can climb without oxygen, Sherpa cooperation and chefs, only the ladders and ropes of Khumbu Glacier. For an individual, it needs at least $32,000. If you join a team of 7 people, including the above services, the average basic cost per person is $30,000.

If oxygen is used, and the base camp has logistics support, plus the cooperation of a Sherpa, the cost is close to $45,000. If you join a team of seven people, the average cost is only $39,000. If you climb from the northern slope of Tibet, the cost can be reduced by several thousand yuan.

What's the difference between $43,000 and $65,000 to climb Mount Everest?

The general rule is that the lower the price, the bigger the team. But in the high-end market, the difference is often the profit level and the quantity of western imports. There is also a price bundling service. Some adventure companies promote sales at low prices, and then provide customers with "options", such as how much oxygen, Sherpa cooperation, and even food at the base camp. A British exploration company organized a low-cost climb on the north slope, but their quotation did not include oxygen, summit bonus and other services that almost all exploration companies included.

Another common practice is to pay employees a lower salary, and the best exploration companies will pay their employees a proper salary.

Another example is the Sherpa bonus. The low price may not include the summit bonus, but the high price does. For example, a Nepalese company requires climbers to pay Sherpas a summit bonus of $65,438+$0,500 if they successfully reach the summit or the South Depression, and $500 if they fail to reach the summit. This part of the cost is not included in the benchmark quotation.

However, these bonuses are included in the overall quotations of some exploration companies. Even in both cases, it is a habit to give your Sherpa cooperation, western guidance and extra tips.

Mount Everest is more and more like a noble sport. -The cost of training, preparation and summit is extremely high, and almost all climbers have financial resources or sponsors. After all, for most people in China, it is impossible to spend a lifetime of savings to sprint to the top. There is no derogatory meaning, this is a "small circle" movement.

This is why China entrepreneurs spend more than 3 million RMB per capita to climb Mount Everest (this price was ten years ago)! Undoubtedly, with strong logistical support, their personal safety will hardly be threatened.

With the rapid increase in the number of climbers, the increasingly severe environmental pressure and the increasing demand of Sherpa community, it is a high probability event that the cost of climbing the highest mountain in the world will increase greatly in the future.