There are real costs involved and Everest is not the place to save money. However, with guided expeditions charging variable cost , depending on the guiding agency. You can sometimes get a deal, but don’t count on it given Everest’s popularity. Most of the leading commercial guides sell out months in advance each year.
Anywhere from $35k to $100k, depending on your specifics. A good US guide service will cost you somewhere around $65,000, which will usually include supplies, food, the guides, sherpas, yaks, the permits and fees (often in excess of $35K/climber), and local lodging and transportation. You will also need to pay for personal mountaineering equipment (several $K ) and airfare (several $K more).
Also consider that even though Mt. Everest is not that technical of a mountain (there are MANY more difficult climbs), too many inexperienced climbers attempt it. The mountain has become very commercialized and many of the people trying to climb it are a joke (the woman from one of the Discovery Channel Everest seasons comes to mind, as she couldn't even put her own crampons on!). The point being, you shouldn't attempt Everest if you don't have mountaineering experience, so if you will need to learn what you are doing first. To ensure this, any guide company worth their weight dog crap will have prerequisites for climbers.
Now here is the estimated costs but additional costs are not included ( insurance, the support staff required by the governments etc.)
TRAVEL $2400 – $6500
•Airfare $1500 to $5000 depending on class and routing and excess baggage
•Transportation Kathmandu to Lukla $300 roundtrip per person
•Hotel and food in Kathmandu $300 to $700 depending on delays
•Nepal Visa $75
•Immunizations $200
Getting to EBC $2500
•Yaks to and from Base Camp $150 per yak per day carrying 120lbs
•Porters to and from Base Camp $75 per porter per day carrying 60lbs
•Tea Houses and food on trek to EBC $20 – $100/person /day – 7 days $140 – $700
•Park Fee $100/team
Climbing Fees $20000 – $380000
•Nepalese Liaison Officer $3000/team
•South Base Camp Medical support $100/person
•Permit $25,000 for 1 – $70,000 for 7
•Garbage and human waste deposit $12,000/team (refundable)
•Icefall Doctors to fix route $2500/team
•Contribution to fixed ropes above Icefall $100/climber
•Weather forecast $0 to $3000
•Puja $300
EBC and High Camps $9500
•Tents $3000 new (sleeping, cooking, toilet, storage at 4 camps for 3 people)
•Cooks $5000 per cook and assistant for 6 weeks
•Food and fuel $2000 per person for 6 weeks
Climbing $9000
•Oxygen $500/bottle (5 bottles) $2500
•Oxygen mask (TopOut) $525
•Oxygen Regulator $500
•Climbing Sherpa $5000 per Personal Sherpa
Misc $15000 – 19000
•Medical kit $1000
•Sherpas, cooks tips and bonus $250 – $2000 per individual depending on performance and summit
•Helicopter evacuation from EBC-South $5000 (not available on north)
•Gear: $7000
•Satellite phone (own) $1000 to $3000 depending on usage
•gear allowance for Sherpas $1000
Anyone can fly to Nepal, buy a permit and supplies, hire porters, establish their own camps, pay for use of the fixed ropes, and ferry their own gear. However, even these “independent” expeditions rely on some level of local logistics.
If saving money is the goal, you will be disappointed. Every climber and expedition must pay for a permit, liaison officer, visa, park fee, Icefall route management, fixed ropes, waste deposit, travel, and insurance. Then there is gear, food, tents, oxygen, and sherpa support. Add in and the bill comes out to at least $35K per person for a seven-person team, or $60K for a solo climber
There are many Eco costly Everest Expedition from nepal which cost near about $25k-$35k only.
Asian Trekking,Summit Climb, Peak Freaks, Altitude Junkies, Project Himalaya, International Mountain Guides, 7 Summits are low price and best service company. Good luck.
Anywhere from $35k to $100k, depending on your specifics. A good US guide service will cost you somewhere around $65,000, which will usually include supplies, food, the guides, sherpas, yaks, the permits and fees (often in excess of $35K/climber), and local lodging and transportation. You will also need to pay for personal mountaineering equipment (several $K ) and airfare (several $K more).
Also consider that even though Mt. Everest is not that technical of a mountain (there are MANY more difficult climbs), too many inexperienced climbers attempt it. The mountain has become very commercialized and many of the people trying to climb it are a joke (the woman from one of the Discovery Channel Everest seasons comes to mind, as she couldn't even put her own crampons on!). The point being, you shouldn't attempt Everest if you don't have mountaineering experience, so if you will need to learn what you are doing first. To ensure this, any guide company worth their weight dog crap will have prerequisites for climbers.
Now here is the estimated costs but additional costs are not included ( insurance, the support staff required by the governments etc.)
TRAVEL $2400 – $6500
•Airfare $1500 to $5000 depending on class and routing and excess baggage
•Transportation Kathmandu to Lukla $300 roundtrip per person
•Hotel and food in Kathmandu $300 to $700 depending on delays
•Nepal Visa $75
•Immunizations $200
Getting to EBC $2500
•Yaks to and from Base Camp $150 per yak per day carrying 120lbs
•Porters to and from Base Camp $75 per porter per day carrying 60lbs
•Tea Houses and food on trek to EBC $20 – $100/person /day – 7 days $140 – $700
•Park Fee $100/team
Climbing Fees $20000 – $380000
•Nepalese Liaison Officer $3000/team
•South Base Camp Medical support $100/person
•Permit $25,000 for 1 – $70,000 for 7
•Garbage and human waste deposit $12,000/team (refundable)
•Icefall Doctors to fix route $2500/team
•Contribution to fixed ropes above Icefall $100/climber
•Weather forecast $0 to $3000
•Puja $300
EBC and High Camps $9500
•Tents $3000 new (sleeping, cooking, toilet, storage at 4 camps for 3 people)
•Cooks $5000 per cook and assistant for 6 weeks
•Food and fuel $2000 per person for 6 weeks
Climbing $9000
•Oxygen $500/bottle (5 bottles) $2500
•Oxygen mask (TopOut) $525
•Oxygen Regulator $500
•Climbing Sherpa $5000 per Personal Sherpa
Misc $15000 – 19000
•Medical kit $1000
•Sherpas, cooks tips and bonus $250 – $2000 per individual depending on performance and summit
•Helicopter evacuation from EBC-South $5000 (not available on north)
•Gear: $7000
•Satellite phone (own) $1000 to $3000 depending on usage
•gear allowance for Sherpas $1000
If saving money is the goal, you will be disappointed. Every climber and expedition must pay for a permit, liaison officer, visa, park fee, Icefall route management, fixed ropes, waste deposit, travel, and insurance. Then there is gear, food, tents, oxygen, and sherpa support. Add in and the bill comes out to at least $35K per person for a seven-person team, or $60K for a solo climber
There are many Eco costly Everest Expedition from nepal which cost near about $25k-$35k only.
Asian Trekking,Summit Climb, Peak Freaks, Altitude Junkies, Project Himalaya, International Mountain Guides, 7 Summits are low price and best service company. Good luck.
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