What's the matter with the 460000 start of Everest climbing? What is the starting situation of Mount Everest climbing 460000? Many little friends don't know yet. It is reported that every meter climbing means' money '... Let's take a look.
What's the matter with the 460000 start of Everest climbing?
Up to now, 11 climbers have been killed in the spring mountaineering activities of Mount Everest in 2019. But the world's highest mountain still fascinates many mountaineers.
To climb Mount Everest, in addition to having the qualification certification of climbing more than 7500 meters and richer technical snow mountain climbing ability, the increasing climbing cost year by year is also a major problem that many climbers need to solve.
The reporter learned that the cost of climbing the south slope of Everest in Nepal has increased from $40000 / person in 2016 to $45900 / person in 2019, about 317800 / person. On the north slope of Mount Everest in China, a professional Tibetan mountaineering company offered reporters nearly 460000 yuan / person.
However, it should be noted that no matter which side of Mount Everest to climb from, the above quotation is only a 'team fee', and the other tens of thousands of Yuan needs to be paid by the climbers themselves.
'every step of Everest is money', a Chinese climber who climbed Everest in 2016 told reporters.
Everest climbing fee increased by 21% year-on-year
Mountaineering companies in different countries have different costs.
The reporter learned that the cheapest company is the local mountaineering company in Nepal, and the team cost of some small mountaineering companies is $30000-40000 / person. However, a phenomenon in recent years is that some mountaineering companies attract climbers at low prices, and the key mountaineering equipment used, such as oxygen cylinders, are defective products from the local junk market, which has caused great hidden dangers for the safety of climbers.
While for Chinese companies and mountaineering companies in other countries, the team cost is in the median, ranging from 40000-60000 US dollars / person; The cost of European companies is the most expensive. Their group fee is quoted at $60000-80000. If customers have special requirements and designated Alpine cooperation, the price will be higher. 'they use the most experienced European and American guides. In addition, logistics support is also quite unique. There is a saying that they climb Mount Everest with champagne and coffee', as described by a mountain friend.
'even in the quotation system of Alpine collaboration (Sherpa), collaboration with different experiences has different prices. In 2018, the cost of an experienced Sherpa guide was as high as 25000 US dollars', Han Xiao, chairman of Xiaoyun exploration and leader of Jiangxi mountaineering team, told the reporter.
Han Xiao believes that the rise in the price of climbing Everest in recent years is mainly due to the increase in environmental protection requirements, labor costs and cooperation prices.
"In terms of cooperation, 16 Sherpa guides were killed by the ice avalanche on the south slope of Everest in 2014. Since then, for their own safety, they have purchased better equipment by increasing service fees to ensure their own safety." He said.
The reporter learned that the climbing price of the north slope of Everest in China soared from 380000 last year to 460000 this year. The excessive rise in the price led to the transfer of some Chinese climbers to Nepal, which also indirectly promoted the rise in the climbing price of the south slope of Everest this year.
In addition to the fixed group fee, climbing Everest also includes self-care expenses.
In the early stage of climbing, it is mainly personal equipment expenses and domestic transportation, board and lodging expenses to and from Nepal. Personal insurance is usually not included. 'in about two months, personal insurance expenses are about 3000-6000 Yuan', Han Xiao said.
In the base camp, if you want to surf the Internet, the cost is 300 yuan a g of traffic, and the network speed is often not guaranteed.
In the process of climbing, there is no network service, and the contact with the outside world is mainly through satellite phone. As some sections are close to China, domestic service providers can also be used during the climbing of the south slope of Everest, and the cost of maritime satellite is 1.8 yuan / minute. If you choose an international service provider, such as iridium, the cost is 7-8 yuan a minute.
In addition, a necessary personal expense is to tip Sherpa (the top bonus), and there is an unwritten rule that Sherpa usually needs to tip about $1500 whether he reaches the top or not.
The fourth aspect is to tip the logistics team left behind in the base camp. In the base camp, there are waiters, cooks and porters. Climbers need to pay a tip of $300.
"Many climbers of Everest told me that they are willing to give more money to come back alive, because when you are really in danger on Everest, you may not be able to buy back a tank of oxygen for any more money," a mountain friend told reporters.
700000 minimum guarantee for the whole chain
Before climbing Everest, climbers usually have a complete advanced route of 5000-6000-7000-8000 meters. There are many selected peaks at the level of 5000 meters, and the cost is 2000-5000 yuan; Among the 6000 meter peaks, if jade Everest is selected, the quotation is 10000 yuan; The 7000 meter level has the mustag peak, which costs about 40000 yuan; The price of 8000 meter peaks, including Xixia Bangma and Luozi peak, soared to 150000-200000 yuan.
This means that before climbing Everest, the total cost of climbers completing a series of 'advanced' will be close to 300000 yuan. Coupled with the cost of climbing Everest, a climber will spend at least 700000 yuan.
Due to the rapid rise in prices, some climbers will share part of the cost by accepting sponsorship. Climber Anhua climbed to the top of Everest in 2016. He told reporters that even with some sponsorship fees, his own expenses reached 50000 yuan.
'and when you spend several years, spend hundreds of thousands, and finally stand on Mount Everest, you will find that every step up is made of money. Every activity in the base camp on the south side of Everest has a clear and real cost ', another mountain friend Dapeng, who climbed Everest in 2014, told reporters.
For example, before the climbers arrive, the road repairman known as "glacier doctor" will fix the horizontal ladder and road rope in each camp. Therefore, in the group fee, the payment fee of "clear and real price" is the road repair fee of "glacier doctor" of US $600 / person.
The section from camp 3 to the top is opened by several large climbing companies in turn every year, and other companies or individual climbers need to pay an opening fee of $500 / person. In addition, there is a charge for meteorological services during mountaineering.
Some mountaineering companies have given a detailed list of additional costs. Among them, under the condition of ensuring that the climber and Sherpa are 1:1, if the climber needs more Sherpa cooperation, the cost of each additional Sherpa is 8000 US dollars / person. For each additional bottle of oxygen, the cost is $550 (only the base camp price), and the rent of the additional oxygen mask is $350 / set.
8000 meters above sea level 'big congestion'
For the Nepalese government, the most direct revenue comes from the revenue of mountaineering license. In the spring climbing season with the best weather conditions, the cost per climber is US $11000, while in summer or autumn and winter, the price decreases by more than half. If calculated according to 381 people in the spring of 2019, the revenue of the government of Nepal in this regard is US $4.191 million.
Oxygen is the most critical guarantee of life in the process of climbing Everest.
Although the high tour fee already includes the cost of 4-6 bottles of oxygen, if climbers need oxygen under special circumstances, there is another quotation system. If a bottle of 4-5 liters of oxygen in the base camp is $500, and the height is more than 8000 meters, the price will increase to $1000 a bottle.
"But at this height, no matter how rich you are, you can't buy oxygen," Han Xiao said. "It mainly depends on the amount of standby oxygen.".
In terms of helicopter rescue, the rescue cost of the 7790m C2 camp is US $7000 per aircraft. If multiple people use it, the cost will be shared equally.
If you rush into the camp at 8300m C3, the cost will be higher, but in many cases, it is difficult for helicopters to reach this altitude for rescue due to the bad weather in C3 camp.
It is worth mentioning that before the initial registration, climbers need to submit a series of lists, in which 'message or will' is a 'must submit' item.
For the number of victims this year, Han Xiao felt 'a little incredible', '381 people registered this year, only more than 10 more than in 2018, but the number of victims increased from 5 last year to 11. So many victims caught us a little unprepared'.
Han Xiao believes that the large number of climbers is one of the factors that killed many climbers due to the 'traffic jam'.
He recalled that when climbing Everest last year, he encountered three 'traffic jams' on his way to the top, with a total stay of more than 5 hours. " Traffic jams can cause physical decline, unnecessary consumption of oxygen and a decline in confidence, which may lead to all kinds of accidents. "
In addition, Han Xiao believes that the lack of corresponding climbing ability of climbers is one of the key factors. " Nepal is lax in the qualification of climbers. Although Nepal has stipulated that climbing mountains above 8000 meters requires a climbing certificate of 7500 meters, Nepal often does not strictly implement it after charging audit fees. Therefore, many climbers who do not have high-altitude climbing experience and physical requirements are also full of them. "
Another is the organizational level of mountaineering companies. " The first window period of Everest summit this year was from May 16 to 18. At that time, the founder of Nepal mountaineering company, which we cooperated with, had many successful summit experiences, so he dared to let the first batch of our team move towards Everest ', Han Xiao said,' and a large number of teams put the rush time in the second window period, i.e. before and after May 20-22. They thought that the good weather in this window period was longer, It is more suitable for the summit, which led to a large number of teams starting in this time period, and finally led to the & lsquo; Traffic jam & rsquo; Something happened. "