How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?

Mount Qomolangma is the highest natural peak on earth, located at the junction of China, Tibet and Indian subcontinent. Every year, a large number of friends from all over the world challenge to climb Mount Everest. So how much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?

"How much does it cost to climb Mount Everest?" In short, a car costs at least 30 thousand dollars, but most people spend about 45 thousand dollars, and the price is still rising.

There are many details and detailed instructions here:

In 2008, the headline about climbing Mount Everest was that the prices of low-end exploration and extremely high-end services were rising, but this year, mountaineering exploration on the China side once again showed the biggest increase.

In 2000, the price of mountain climbing from Xizang Autonomous Region, China was slightly lower, regardless of whether a tour guide was hired or not, unless it was an extremely high-end western exploration company. The average cost is US$ 465,438+0,500 in Nepal and US$ 38,500 in China.

The price range of a standard mountaineering expedition is $28,000 to $85,000. The price of full-service rock climbing will exceed $65,438+010.5 million, and extreme adventurers can control the cost below $20,000.

In the past five years, the share price of Nepalese companies has risen by 6%, while that of China companies has risen by 12%.

In recent years, cheap Nepalese companies have gained a firm foothold in the market by virtue of their price advantages, but now they realize that profits are beginning to decline and start to raise prices.

Like all other commercial activities, the climbers and guides provided for them are also a commercial relationship of supply and demand, and this demand is quite huge! In the past few years, I have noticed that more and more Everest climbers come from India and China, and they have become a supplement to traditional climbers in the United States, Europe and Southeast Asia.

Most local tour guides in Nepal can meet these needs. The increasing demand for climbers in China has greatly promoted the country's tourism, and at the same time aggravated the congestion of Mount Everest.

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The unpredictable weather conditions in 2008 are still the main content-both sides of the mountain-but this situation is particularly obvious at the southern end of the mountain. Forecasters try very hard to make accurate predictions, but they are discouraged by frequent strong winds at one end of Nepal.

Anyway, it was almost a record year, with 648 people climbing Mount Everest, 237 in Xizang Autonomous Region, China, and 465,438+065,438+0 in Nepal. Six people died; Three of them did not use auxiliary oxygen.

Unusually, 19 people tried it without the help of auxiliary oxygen, and 1 1 people succeeded. The year when the number of people reached the summit of Mount Everest was 20 13, with a total of 665 people reaching the summit, of which 54 1 people reached the summit successfully along the south slope of the mountain, and 124 people reached the summit from the north slope station, and eight people were killed that year.

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After the disastrous climbing seasons of 20 14 and 20 15, Everest returned to "normal" on 20 16 and 20 15. Anyway, I'm looking forward to an active climbing season on both sides of the mountain and another year with many people on the Xizang Autonomous Region side of China. In the past two years, the number of tourists here has been the highest since 2006 and 2007.

In 2008, because of the Olympic Games, China stopped climbing Mount Everest, interrupting the gradually established commercial climbing process, but that has passed. Now, every year, climbers meet again on the north slope of Mount Everest.

It is said that the Nepalese government will increase the mountaineering license fee from US$ 65,438+US$ 065,438+US$ 0,000 to US$ 65,438+US$ 0,500 from 2000, so people will find opportunities to come here in 2008.

However, this rumor is quite suspicious. Maybe the leader of this year's expedition has come to stimulate business!

This year, the Nepal Tourism Bureau said at a news conference that they would work hard to make Mount Everest safer. In 2006, Nepal Tourism Bureau banned disabled climbers from trying to climb the summit, but in the past five years, some "new regulations" in Nepal have never been really implemented.

How will my payment be distributed?

Travel expenses: USD 500 to USD 65,438 +00 125.

The cost of traveling depends entirely on where you live and how you like to travel. Flying to Nepal costs hundreds to thousands of dollars. Most people choose Thai Airways, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways or China Eastern Airlines to go to Nepal.

Once you arrive in Kathmandu, you need to fly to Lukla or Lhasa in Xizang Autonomous Region, China, and then start your trip to the base camp, so you need to spend hundreds of dollars besides air tickets. Of course, you can take a bus to Geelong (editor's note-the border between China and Xizang Autonomous Region), or walk to Lukara for five days, and then go to the base camp on the south slope of Mount Everest to save some money.

It takes more than a week to walk from Lukara to the base camp, and you need to buy accommodation along the way, which costs 400 to 1000 USD per person. In recent years, the cost of teahouses in Kunbu area has risen rapidly. Hotels that used to charge $5 a night are no longer available. Of course, to save money, climbers can also camp in tents.

However, besides yourself, you have to bring all your equipment: tents, food, auxiliary oxygen, etc. Go to base camp. Many people will hire bellmen and yaks, and the daily cost is at least $20 per piece, so generally speaking, the total cost may be as high as $65,438+0,000. Large-scale expeditions will rent helicopters, and the cost is included in the total quotation.

In Xizang Autonomous Region, China, all transportation expenses are included in your mountaineering permit fee, and you also need to be supervised by the government. Officials from chinese mountaineering association (CTMA) will meet you when you arrive in China and accompany you all the way.

Personal travel expenses: 2425-8350 USD.

Tickets range from $65,438+$0,500 to $7,000, depending on accommodation, routes and overweight luggage.

The one-way round-trip fare from Kathmandu to Lukara is $350.

Hotel and catering costs in Kathmandu range from $300 to $700, depending on the delay.

Nepal visa fee is 100 USD.

Vaccination costs 200 dollars.

The cost to reach Everest Base Camp: 1240 to 1800 USD.

Yaks travel to and from the base camp for $40 a day, and can carry 120 pounds of goods (it costs $640 to rent at least 4 yaks for 4 days).

For China, rent extra yaks at the price of $300 per head.

The cost of transporting porters to and from the base camp is $20 per person per day, and he can carry 60 pounds of goods (at least three porters should be hired for 6 days, and the cost is $360).

On the way to Everest base camp on foot, the accommodation fee is 20- 100 USD/person/day-140-7 USD.

The park entrance fee is 100 USD/team.

Mountaineering license and insurance: 9950-29500 dollars.

The price of climbing license in Nepal is 1 1000 USD/person. In Nepal, license fees only allow people to climb mountains, while in Aconcagua, Argentina or McKinley, Alaska, the fees are $800 and $365 respectively. The expenses also include helicopter rescue, maintenance of high-altitude mountain patrol camps, hiring seasonal staff, providing mountaineering information and keeping the mountain environment clean.

Nepal requires the use of local companies to organize the licensing application process, and the cost per team is $2,500. At the same time, the team needs to pay a refundable garbage deposit of $4,000, and each team has to pay a liaison officer fee of $3,000.

The total amount of * * * was $9,500, which happened before applying for the mountaineering license, and it was $65,438 +0 1 0,000. Therefore, even before you hire a tour guide and transport food or equipment with yaks, you must pay about $20,000 in Nepal.

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.

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.

All these agreements, you must strictly abide by the rules, otherwise you won't get compensation-I mean, strictly abide by these rules, you won't get compensation for a mistake.

Xizang Autonomous Region's China side.

Recently, China accused the increase in the license fee for climbing Mount Everest of effectively restricting cheap exploration. A climber from Xizang Autonomous Region, China wanted to climb for less than $20,000, which forced him to form a team with at least three other climbers.

For independent climbers, it doesn't matter, because many guides are willing to write your name on their climbing licenses for a small fee, but they can't provide any practical help.

At one end of China (North Slope), teams of four or more people need to pay a mountaineering license of $9,950 per person; If the team consists of three people or less, the price will soar to $65,438+09,500 per person.

Including the transportation expenses from the entry point of China to the hilltop base camp (usually Lhasa or Zhangmu), the hotel, liaison officer and garbage removal expenses to the hilltop base camp, and the transportation expenses of 5 yaks and 4 yaks per person. During the stay in Lhasa, each person needs to pay an extra $200 per day.

If you want to take a Nepalese Sherpa to climb a mountain in Xizang Autonomous Region, China, the budget will also include a "work permit" of $3,300 for each Sherpa, and CTMA will ask them to pay a salary of $5,000.

China's rescue insurance regulations used to be very complicated, because people who fixed ropes could get some rescue, but basically climbers helped other climbers.

Helicopter search and rescue is not allowed, and rumors show that it is unlikely to be realized in the next few years. When climbing on the China side, it is wise to carefully check all the terms and conditions of the insurance company.

Mountaineering costs: US$ 20,600 to US$ 25,650 (Nepal)

The agency fee in Nepal is $2,500 per team (usually including the full cost of a tour guide).

The cost of liaison officers in Nepal is $3,000 per team (usually including all the expenses of a tour guide).

Medical security of Nanpo base camp, emergency room of Everest, 100 USD/person.

On the south slope of the mountain, regardless of the size of the team, the climbing license fee for each climber is $65,438 +0 1000.

In China, the license fee for a mountaineering team of four or more people is $9,950, in addition to195,000, and the license fee for each Nepalese Sherpa is $3,300.

The deposit for garbage and human excrement in Nepal is $4,000/team card (refundable, but not necessarily).

Glacier doctors spend $2,500 per team or $600 per climber to fix ropes.

The cost of fixing ropes on glaciers is $ 150/ climber, but it is more expensive here in Xizang Autonomous Region, China.

The cost of weather forecast is 0 to 1000 USD.

It will cost 300 dollars.

Insurance cost: 70-3000 USD.

Insurance costs range from $70 (American Mountain Club) to $500 (Global Rescue Company /TravelEx Company).

Medical insurance alone costs $500.

Cancellation of payment for rescue insurance, medical insurance and travel for any reason-US$ 3,000 (TravelEx)

The cost of private helicopter rescue on the south slope of Mount Everest ranges from $5,000 to $20,000, depending on the departure and arrival location (this service is not available on the north slope of Mount Everest, but it is being planned).

All the insurance amount is just an example, which varies according to age, travel time and total cost.

Material/equipment cost: 800-29450 USD.

You need to eat and keep warm. 97% of the summit of Mount Everest is made up of auxiliary oxygen.

You can buy and cook your own food, but most people will hire a Nepalese chef and several assistants. In the base camp, the cost is $5,000. During the six weeks of trying to climb Mount Everest, the budget for food and fuel is about $800.

The price of each bottle of auxiliary oxygen is about $550. You need to buy at least five bottles, and the total cost is 2750 dollars. But you also need a $450 mask and a $450 regulator, the price is the same.

You can bring extra auxiliary oxygen to the high-altitude camp by yourself, but most people will hire Sherpa to help send oxygen bottles to high places, and a private Sherpa will help. The standard is that he also needs to use auxiliary oxygen to climb, and even if the flow rate is adjusted to a slower speed, you have to pay an extra $2,000.