Mount Everest

Please watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LegL6O7Vpm0 The typical cost when climbing the Everest with a Western agency is $45,000 and above. With a local Nepali operator it can be between $25,000 and $40,000.” The cost includes the royalty fee of $11,000 for the peak. Most agencies conduct sherpa-supported climbs. 1. Travel $500 – $10,125 The travel costs are entirely dependent on where you live and how you like to travel. It can range from a few hundred dollars to over $7,000 to fly to Nepal. Most people use Thai, Turkish, Qatar, Air India, or China Eastern to reach Nepal. Once in Kathmandu, you need to fly to Lukla or Lhasa to start the journey to base camp, so add in add a few hundred dollars for this airfare. Of course you can take a bus to Jiri and trek 5 days to Luka and then on to EBC to save a little money. From Lukla, it takes a little over a week to trek to base camp. Add in food and lodging along the way for you and your support team. This can be between $400 to $1,000 per person in total again depending on your style and how many beers you have. Teahouses have dramatically increased their prices in the Khumbu. Long gone are the $5 nights. To save money, climbers can always camp in their tents. Not only do you have to get yourself to base camp but also all of your gear – tents, food, oxygen, etc. Most people use porters and yaks costing at least $20 per day per load, so this usually totals over a thousand dollars. Large operators will hire helicopters and the expense is bundled into the overall price. On the Tibet side, all transportation is included in your climbing permit and monitored by the government. The China Tibet Mountaineering Association (CTMA) will meet you where you arrive in China and never leave you the entire expedition. Travel $2,450 – $8,350 Airfare $1500 to $7000 depending on class and routing and excess baggage Transportation Kathmandu to Lukla $350 round trip per person Hotel and food in Kathmandu $300 to $700 depending on delays Nepal Visa $100 Immunizations $200 Getting to EBC $1,240 – $1,800 Yaks to and from Base Camp $40 per yak per day carrying 120 lbs, (4 yaks for 4 days minimum or $640) Extra Yak in China is $300/Yak Porters to and from Base Camp $20 per porter per day carrying 60 lbs (3 porters for 6 days minimum or $360) Tea Houses and food on trek to EBC $20 – $100/person/day – 7 days $140 – $700 Park Fee $100/team 2. Permits and Insurance $9,950 – $29,500 Nepal The permit cost is fixed at $11,000 per climber from Nepal and simply gives permission to climb, whereas in Argentina for Aconcagua or Alaska for Denali, the $800 or $365 permit, respectively, also covers helicopter evacuation, maintaining high altitude ranger camps, hiring seasonal staff, providing mountaineering information, and keeping the mountain environment clean. Nepal requires using a local company to organize your permit at a cost of $2,500 for the team, a refundable trash deposit of $4,000/permit plus a Liaison Officer costing $3,000 per team. These total $9,500 BEFORE the $11,000 per person climbing permit. So before you hire guides, yaks food or gear you must come up with almost $20,000 in Nepal.