The Chinese have closed Everest! Russian climbers will go to Everest to honor the memory of those who died during the ascent Climbing Everest this year

Everest is the highest and most dangerous peak on earth, which is deservedly called the “roof of the world.” They say you can see the entire planet from there. Extreme sports enthusiasts, travelers and simply rich, bored people are willing to pay huge amounts of money to see this gorgeous view with their own eyes. Everest is not only beautiful and dangerous, but also expensive. The cost of the climb will cost from 3 to 5.5 million rubles.

General expenses

The average cost of climbing Everest is 3 million rubles, but it varies depending on how you plan to conquer the mountain. There are only three of them: a “solo” ascent, an ascent as part of an expedition group and a tourist ascent with a guide. It is better for a beginner to turn to the last method.

The average price of climbing Everest is 3 million rubles.

All climbing costs can be divided into four large groups: the road to the base camp (depending on where you live, it can cost you from 32,500 to 455,000 rubles), documents permitting the climb and insurance (they cost from 45,500 to 1,137,500 rub.), equipment and accommodation in the base camp - approximately 780,000 rubles. and hiring a guide for direct ascent to the top - from 1,300,000 to 5,200,000 rubles.

Road to base camp

It all starts with the flight. The closest point to Everest that can be reached by regular plane is Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. A ticket from Moscow there costs approximately 35 thousand rubles. one way. It is impossible to go straight from the airport to the top: you need to spend at least several days in the city to hire accompanying people (Sherpas), obtain permission to climb, prepare equipment, provisions, and also rent transport to Luklu - a city in the vicinity of Everest, from where you can directly the journey to the top begins. Thus, it will cost you another 19,200 - 44,800 rubles. for housing and food, 6400 rubles. for a visa, 12,800 for vaccinations, 9,000 - 45,000 rubles for food and 20,800 for travel.

Another significant expense is mountain goats and porters. The journey to base camp takes about 6 days. Renting one goat will cost 9,600 rubles. per day, and the services of one porter - 4800 rubles. in a day. To carry all the necessary equipment, personal belongings, food and water, you will need 4 goats and 3 porters. We multiply their services by 6 days during which we will need them, we get 316,800 rubles. And you haven't even reached base camp yet.

Base camp

You can’t just go up and climb Everest: you need to prepare your body for the climb. For two months, climbers live at the foot of the mountain, in a base camp at an altitude of 5300 meters, where they get used to the rarefied mountain air, train, undergo instruction and make one-day test ascents to higher camps. All this, of course, is not free. You will have to make a contribution to the medical service - 6,400 rubles. per person, pay for communication - 160,000 per team, garbage removal - 256,000 rubles. from the team, installation of stairs on icefalls, laying railings and other fortifications to facilitate climbing - 48,000 rubles. per person. The weather forecast, the accuracy of which often determines the lives of climbers, is also expensive - 64,000 rubles. per team.

To these expenses you also need to add the costs of food, tents, toilets and fuel. For 6 weeks in the camp, the tourist will be required to pay another 51,200 rubles. for food and warmth, “shelter” in all 4 high-altitude camps - 64,000 per person, and also to pay for the services of a cook who will feed him in the base camp for 6 weeks - 320,000 rubles.

However, this is not the end of the road, and therefore not the end of spending, which only grows with every step towards the top.

Insurance and permit

The price of a climbing permit is always fixed, and in 2016 it is 715,000 rubles. Before you plan to conquer Everest, you need to obtain a license from the government of Nepal or Tibet. Many travel companies offering routes to the “roof of the world” also require a mandatory insurance contribution. It can be 26,000 - 162,500 rubles. and cover the costs of evacuation, medical assistance or cancellation of the climb. Separately, in the event of an accident, you will have to pay for air ambulance: it will cost from 325,000 to 1,300,000 depending on the height from which you need to pick up the victim.

Climbing

After your body has acclimatized and your lungs have become accustomed to the rarefied mountain air, the ascent begins, the cost of which this year is 704,000 rubles.

The main problem of Everest is the lack of oxygen at the top and on the approaches to it. Therefore, before starting the climb, experienced climbers leave H2O cylinders for “tourists” along the route, the cost of which is 35,200 rubles. a piece. To successfully complete the expedition, each person will need at least five such cylinders. RUB 28,160 you will also have to pay for a mask and 32,000 for an oxygen cylinder regulator. The climbers who delivered the cargo to the top also need to be paid; the price of their services is 320,000 rubles.

To Everest through a travel agency

“Solo” ascents, as a rule, are undertaken only by experienced climbers. For beginners, hiking routes to Everest are more suitable - as part of a commercial group. So, for a group of 7-10 people there are 5 guides and 21 Sherpas who help the “tourists” in the ascent.

Climbing as part of a commercial group is considered more thoughtful and safer.

There are many travel organizations in this segment, whose services cost from $36 to $65 thousand. By the way, “Adventure Consultants”, which are discussed in the Hollywood film “Everest”, will actually cost $65 thousand. And “Mountain Madness”, whose head The film featured Jake Gyllenhaal, playing the role of Scott Fisher, and will cost tourists $64 thousand.

Climbing as part of a commercial group is considered more thoughtful and safer. Of course, unforeseen expenses may arise here, for example, evacuation will require from 320,000 rubles. up to 1,280,000 rubles, depending on the location of the victim, however, most of the necessary costs, which are described above, are already included in the price.

Expensive and dangerous

This is expensive, life-threatening and even harmful to health, since at such an altitude - more than 8 thousand meters - the body slowly begins to die... Why do people continue to spend huge amounts of money for the sake of dubious pleasure, which can end in their death. Those who have visited Everest answer this question very vaguely.

“I think every person at the top has a different feeling. I was very exhausted, I was not thinking about the fact that I had conquered Everest, but that this was just part of the journey, and I still had to go back down. And this is no less dangerous than the way up. To be honest, I was more glad when I came down from the mountain, happy that I didn’t have to go back there anymore,” videographer and photographer Ben Close shares his feelings.

As for Russians, the number of tours to Nepal (in particular to Kathmandu) during the period of climbing Everest is the largest in a year: “If we take all the years, we clearly see the peak of purchases for departure dates in late April-early May. This is a periodic event, i.e. this trend repeats itself from year to year,” says OneTwoTrip company representative Artur Bolshakov.

According to estimates, over the entire history of climbing this peak, almost three hundred people lost their lives. Their bodies are still in the so-called “death zone” above 8 thousand meters. It will not be possible to bring the dead down to the foot of the mountain, but climbers know how else to take care of them.

Mr. Paljor's green boots have been the main reference point for every Everest conqueror for more than 20 years. From the body of the Indian climber to the top of the “mother of the world” is a couple of hundred meters.

The remains of the Irish teacher David Sharp, who rests nearby, cut-off at 8.5 km. And even the 90-year-old mummy of the first victim of Chomolungma is a signpost on the way to the highest point of the planet. Those who were never able to come down from heaven to earth today help desperate extreme sports enthusiasts.

Climbers counter accusations of cynicism: mountains have their own laws. It is impossible to lower the bodies to the ground from where even helicopters do not fly. You cannot lift 100 kilograms of weight in freezing conditions and lack of oxygen. And many victims were frozen forever in the ice. But what seems impossible now is quite possible in the future, thought Russian Everest conqueror Oleg Savchenko. If only to preserve what was left of its predecessors.

Oleg Savchenko, head of the special operation “Everest 8 300”: “More than 280 bodies only according to rough estimates and only official statistics rest on the slopes of this mountain.”

Already in May, Savchenko’s group will climb Everest with the sole purpose of encapsulating the remains of those to whom Everest never conquered.

The encapsulation process is as follows: the climber’s body is covered with a special heat- and frost-resistant fabric and attached to the rock with special ice screws. Each operation requires a lot of effort, is performed slowly and can take up to several hours. In this way, the body can be preserved for hundreds of years until technology allows it to be brought down to earth.

The special operation of Russian climbers is unique. Most Everest conquerors are afraid to help even living partners. By spending what little energy you have left on rescue, you risk staying in the mountains forever.

Ivan Dusharin, Vice-President of the Russian Mountaineering Federation: “Working for many years in an international mountaineering camp, working on the Peak of Communism, we have repeatedly filmed foreigners from a height of 7 thousand meters and above. The foreigners were shocked. They say: “Only Russians do this.”

Russian climbers will have to work at an altitude of 8.5 km. In such conditions, the body stops recovering. There is cold and terrible overload all around. Every meter is given with great difficulty. But Savchenko promises: no matter how difficult it is, he will encapsulate at least eight bodies of his predecessors.

On June 1, 2017, the spring mountaineering season in the Himalayas ended. It was very successful for many teams on the highest peaks of the Himalayas, and Everest, the highest peak in the world, was no exception.

For Everest, the spring season of 2017 became one of the “standard” years, in many ways reminiscent of the seasons before the disasters and the year, 655 ascents were recorded to the top of the world this spring, made from the South and North sides!

Unfortunately, during this period there were also tragedies on Everest: seven people died (six climbers and one Nepalese cook at Base Camp).

However, in absolute terms, even such tragedies are considered “insignificant” in relation to Everest.

Of course, the main topic for us was the ascent to the summit of two Ukrainian climbers: and, who climbed to the top from the Northern, Tibetan side in two different teams.

Let's sum up the spring season of climbing Everest in 2017

Conqueror statistics

Standard route from the southern (Nepal) side:

Along the standard route: through the South Col in the spring season of 2017 we climbed to the top of Everest 456 people.

In total, at the beginning of the 2017 season, the following were recorded from the southern side of Everest:

More than 30 expeditions with 442 climbers, including 190 foreigners, 233 Nepalese Sherpas and 32 Nepalese climbers participating as clients. Compared to last year, the number of climbers increased by 65% (289 foreign climbers were registered in 2016)
A total of 375 climbing permits were issued to foreign climbers. Thus, the overall rate of successful ascent in 2017 is approximately 50%, which is much lower than in past “stable years”, when the percentage of successful ascents was approximately 70%.
This is believed to be due to a large number of flu cases in the base camp and a later weather window, which negatively affected those groups that were the first to attack in the season.

Route from the north: from the Tibetan-Chinese side, along the route through the North-East Ridge in the spring season of 2017, we climbed to the top of Everest from 160 to 200 people.
The Chinese government is not currently publishing more precise figures. We hope that we will receive more accurate data in a couple of months, when the Himalayan database is updated.

TOTAL: Everest was climbed in the 2017 season 605 - 645 people, some of them (Nepalese Sherpas) climbed to the top more than once.
And despite such a large number of ascents, this is clearly not a record in mass ascents of Everest. So, in previous years: in 2016 there were 641 climbers on the summit, in 2013 there were 658 people and in 2007: 633 people.

Number of climbers who have conquered Everest as of June 2017

Thus: the total number of climbers who have climbed Everest since the beginning of its history: 8291 people, while the number of climbers who climbed to the top of Everest for the first time is 5351 people, which means that the 2,940 climbers were mostly Sherpas who had already climbed to the top of Everest more than once in their lives.

Throughout the history of conquering Everest:

from the southern (Nepal) side, the summit was climbed 5342 times,
while from the north (Tibetan-Chinese side) the summit was climbed 2949 times.

Let's see which of them came to life:

- became the 5th Kharkov and 19th Ukrainian climber to reach the highest point on the planet!
- became the 20th Ukrainian climber to conquer Everest!
, a 44-year-old climber from Nepal (living in the United States) became the absolute world record holder - the only woman to reach the top of the world 8 times, more than any other climber in the world.
, a 26-year-old British climber has become the youngest European to reach the top of the world on both sides.
became the first Dagestani (by nationality - the first Avar) to climb to the top of Everest.
A 32-year-old Indian climber set a new women's mountaineering record when she summited Everest twice in just 5 days!
, mountain climber from Albania. She became the first woman in her country to climb Everest.
, mountain climber from Iceland. She became the first woman in her country to climb Everest.
, a 50-year-old blind mountaineer from Austria. Became the first blind climber in history to climb the North Face of Everest
, became the first Ingush to climb to the top of Everest.
, a 29-year-old mountaineer from India. Became the first Indian woman to summit Everest from the north side!
, a 47-year-old mountaineer from Nepal. Climbed to the top of Everest 21 times in his life. Becoming third on the list of climbers who have climbed to the top of the world more times than anyone else - 21!
, a 29-year-old Spanish athlete. On his second attempt, he reached the summit in 17 hours. Kilian did not record the time of descent... According to some sources, the total time of the race (ABC - the top of Everest - ABC) was 29 hours 30 minutes.
The first attempt at the summit race was also successful: on the night of May 20-21, 2017, the total ascent and descent time was 38 hours. The journey from Rongbuk Monastery (5,100 meters) to the summit of Everest (8,848 meters) took him 26 hours, and the descent to Camp ABC (6,500 meters) took him 12 hours.
, a 46-year-old Catalan mountaineer. With the ascent of Everest, he became the first climber from Catalonia who was able to climb all 14 eight-thousanders on the planet!
, a 27-year-old Nepalese mountaineer. Between May 15 and June 1, summit Everest twice and climb the 8,000-meter peaks Lhotse and Makalu in just five days!
, a 47-year-old Londoner. Became the first climber with terminal cancer to reach the top of the world!

Deaths on Everest in the spring season of 2017

As of June 1, 2017 (since 1921), 289 people are officially considered dead, including 175 foreign climbers and 114 Sherpas. 183 climbers died while climbing from the south side, 106 people died while climbing from the north.

From 2000 to 2013, the mortality rate on Everest was 1.85%. by 2016 it had decreased by 0.8%.
In the 1990s, the mortality rate was 5.6%.
Well, from the very beginning of the first ascent attempts, from 1924 to 2016, the mortality rate was about 4%

In total, during the 2017 season, 7 deaths were recorded, 6 of which occurred on the South, Nepalese side, and one on the North, Tibetan side:

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On April 9, 2017, our group flies to Tibet. The expedition to Everest will last about 60 days. You can also join a group, but not participate in the climb to the top - and climb the North Col of Everest (7000 m) in 25 days.

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Sergei Kovalev successfully climbed Everest (8848 m) in 2008 along the route from the South, spent about an hour on the top and even managed to contact his friend, cosmonaut Volkov, through the Mission Control Center, who was flying in these parts at that moment.

Before this, in 1999, Sergei attempted to climb to the top of Everest as part of the First National Ukrainian Expedition. Two participants in the ascent - Vasily Kopytko and Vladimir Gorbach - after leaving the assault camp (8300 m) could not find their way back and got lost. Vasily disappeared, and Sergei discovered Vladimir at an altitude of 8600 m in a borderline state between life and death and spent almost four hours alone dragging his comrade down. Then the two were discovered by Igor Svergun and Nikolai Goryunov. After ten hours of difficult descent, the climbers managed to reach the assault camp. At this altitude they spent two more nights.

In 2012, fate again connected Sergei with Chomolungma. With the participation of the climber, a successful expedition to Everest was organized within the framework of the project “Donbass Coal on the Top of the World”, and for the first time in the history of climbing Everest, a miner-miner, Vitaly Kutny, climbed to the top of an eight-thousander.

INCREASING VIOLATIONS OF HIGH ALTITUDE RULES PROVOKED THE CLOSURE OF THE MAIN TOP OF THE WORLD AND OTHER 8,000 MEASURES FOR CLIMBERS AND MOUNTAIN TOURISTS AT LEAST UNTIL THE END OF AUTUMN 2017

Outraged by the increasing cases of disregard for the rules of high-altitude climbing, the Chinese government officially announced the closure of Everest and other eight-thousanders in Tibet for the coming autumn. So many climbers and mountain tourists will have to abandon their plans.

The official reason for the closure was “a number of problems in mountain tourism and disregard for the rules of high-altitude climbing, such as the illegal crossing of the Tibet-Nepal border through the top of Everest by the Polish climber 49-year-old Janusz Adam Adamski,” an official source from 4sport.ua quotes.

The Tibetan Mountaineering Association confirmed that it would stop issuing climbing permits, clarifying the information in a press release: “The actions of the Polish climber on Everest force us to review and improve the rules for mountaineering.”

The Napal Tourism Department noted that Chinese authorities have expressed concern about the fact that a photograph of the Dalai Lama and the flag of free Tibet, which were raised to the top of the world in May 2017, were placed on the summit of Everest. China regarded these actions as malicious and detrimental to the relations between China and Nepal.

In addition, there was information that the Chinese authorities want to bring to justice the famous Spanish skyrunner Kilian Jornet, who completed two high-speed races to the top of Everest in a week. Officials are currently checking whether Kilian had two permits for the climbs, or whether he used one permit for both runs.

The global mountaineering community is extremely concerned about the actions of China, which, in addition to Everest, also closed Cho Oyu and Shishapangma to climbing this year.

WHAT DID THE POLISH CLIMBER DO?

According to 4sport.ua, the famous Polish climber, 49-year-old Janusz Adam Adamski, climbed to the top of Everest along the northern face from Tibet, and then descended to the southern side from Nepal. According to the climber himself, it was a solo climb without the use of oxygen cylinders and without the help of Sherpas.

The ascent to the summit took place on May 21 and on the same day Adamsky began his descent to base camp from the opposite side. Thus, Janusz became the first Pole and the 15th climber in the world to complete such a traverse.

Already on the way from Lukla to Kathmandu, Janusz noted: “I only used oxygen cylinders during the last stage of the descent: from the third high-altitude camp and below to the base camp.”

However, Janusz’s unique rise in the 2017 season eventually turned into a scandal. According to the rules for climbing Everest, if a climber is going to traverse the peak, he must obtain a separate permit for this route - in addition to the permit for the ascent. Janusz did not have a permit for the traverse.

POLE TRAVERSE ROUTE

Employees of the Tibetan Mountaineering Association began a search operation to determine the whereabouts of Janusz as early as May 21, because he seemed to be the only climber who did not descend to the base camp along the same path that he ascended.

“According to our information, Janusz only had permission to ascend, but not to descend on the other side, therefore Janusz’s actions are, from our point of view, illegal,”– reported the Tibetan Mountaineering Association.

For his part, Dinesh Bhattarai, Director General of Nepal's Department of Tourism, said that if the fact of illegally crossing Everest is confirmed, Janusz will face punishment in accordance with the country's Immigration and Tourism Law. And while the proceedings are ongoing, Janusz is prohibited from flying from Kathmandu to his homeland.

It is noteworthy that Janusz had already climbed to the top of Everest in 2006 and could not have been unaware of the receipt of an additional permit to cross the summit.

Tellingly, a week before Janusz, another “illegal” was caught - South African citizen Ryan Sean Davey, who tried to climb to the top of Everest without a permit. Ryan was threatened with a fine of $22,000 and a 10-year ban from entering the country, but in the end the guest from South Africa got off with a symbolic bail of $10.

COST OF PERMITS TO EVEREST

Let us remind you that ascents are divided into the following categories:

Climbing alone (solo)
Independent ascent (including in a group), including assistance in transporting equipment and provisions to the base camp and work on the Sherpa route;
Climbing as part of a commercial expedition

For ascents from the North (Chinese) side:

For a team of 4 or more climbs - $9,950 each.
For a team of 1-3 climbers $19,500 each. The price includes: transportation from the starting point to the base camp, hotels, a liaison officer, garbage fees, five yaks for the trek to the base camp and four yaks for the trip from the base camp.
There is also an additional fee – $200 per day per person- for the time spent in Lhasa. If you want to take a Nepalese Sherpa, you need to pay extra $3,300 for a “work permit” for each Sherpa, plus pay for their work - another $5,000.
With all these options the cost of an expedition to Everest will cost $28,000 – $85,000.
An individual expedition to Everest with a personal Western guide (certified by a professional - not from Nepal or China) will cost $114 000-$115 000 .

CLIMBING FROM NEPAL (SOUTH) SIDE

Independent climbers bear the following expenses:

purchasing air tickets to Kathmandu;
payment for permits (permission to climb from the authorities of Nepal (or China))
purchase of provisions for at least 6 weeks of expedition
flight to Lukla or Lhasa
hiring porters and Sherpas to transport cargo to base camp
installation and equipment of your base camp
self-cooking
independent provision of weather forecast
independent equipment of high-altitude camps
renting existing, hung railings (or installing your own)
independent transfer of necessary equipment to high altitude camps
purchase (rent) of oxygen cylinders and regulators
After the ascent, hiring porters to transport goods back from base camp
So, those who want to climb Everest will have the following expenses:

Personal expenses for travel to Nepal from $9000 – $16500, including:

Flights: from $1,000 – $7,000 depending on the class and route of the flight, as well as excess baggage.

Transport from Kathmandu to Lukla: $325 roundtrip per person. Cost of trekking from Kathmandu to base camp (takes about a week) – from $400 to $1000(including overnight stays, meals and assistance from porters along the route).

Accommodation and meals in Kathmandu and Luklu: from $300 to $700

Nepal visa: $100

Medical vaccinations: $200

Personal equipment (equipment, clothing, sleeping bags, etc.): up to $7,000

Road to Base Camp: $1250 – $1800, including:

Transportation of cargo by yak and/or from base camp: $40 for one yak for one day of travel - the price is for 70 kg of cargo. Minimum hire for a team – 4 yaks for 4 days – or $640. (On the Chinese side, the cost of a yak: $340 per yak per day).

Transportation of cargo by Sherpa porters and/or from the base camp: $20 for one porter/sherpa per day – price for 27 kg of cargo. The minimum hire for a team is 3 porters for 6 days - or $360.

Tips and food during the transition to Base Camp: $20 – $100 per person per day. For 7 days of trekking: $140 – $700.

National Park fee: $100 per team.

Everest Climb Price: $18,000 – $23,000, including:

Liaison officer participation: $3,000 per team(usually included in the cost of travel agency services).

Tuition operator service fee – $2,500 from the team (usually included in the cost of travel agency services) Change in 2017.

Mandatory participation of one mountain guide-Sherpa in the ascent of each climber — $4,000 per climber.

Base Camp Medical Service Fee: $100 per person

Climbing permit: $11,000 per person per team– regardless of the number of participants.

Environmental deposit fee: $4,000 per team(returns (but not always...) after the team removes its expedition debris from Everest).

Sherpa work at the Khumbu Icefall (Icefall Doctors team): $2,500 per team or $600 per person.

Sherpa work laying railings above the Khumbu Icefall: $150 per person

Weather forecast: from zero to $1,000

Sacred Puja ceremony (prayer for successful ascent): $300

High altitude camps: from $3,800 to $8,800 including:

Arrangement of high-altitude camp tents (bed, kitchen, toilet, warehouse): 4 high-altitude camps for 3 people: $3,000

Chef with assistants for 6 weeks: $5,000

Food and burner fuel for 6 weeks: $800 per person

Climb: $2,200 to $14,000 including:

Oxygen system: $50 to $550 per cylinder(the ascent requires at least 5 cylinders = from $250 to $2,500) — the price does not include the delivery of oxygen cylinders by Sherpas to high-altitude camps.

Oxygen mask: $440

Oxygen regulator: $500

High altitude Sherpa as personal escort: $5,000

Delivery of oxygen points by Sherpas along the ascent route: $2,000

Payment for Sherpas in case of their ascent to the top of Everest from $250 (small training on the route), to $2,000 (for one person when a Sherpa climbs to the top)

First aid kit for climbing: $500-$2000

Force majeure expenses: from $8,500–$33,000, including:

Helicopter evacuation from Base Camp on the South Face of Everest: $5,000 to $20,000– depending on the evacuation altitude and landing location. There is no helicopter available on the North Face of Everest!

Evacuation without the use of a helicopter: from $70 to $500.

Medical insurance: $500.

Insurance in case of expedition cancellation (for any reason: from medical to force majeure situations) - $3,000

Satellite phone (personal): $1,000-$3,000– depending on the model.

Payment for communication services: $1,000

Payment for equipment for Sherpas: $0 - $2,000.

Unfurling commercial flags on Everest: $2200 – for 1 sq m of canvas.

Insurance for Sherpas participating in the expedition: from $1000

TOTAL: Independent climbing of Everest for experienced climbers: $70,000, for inexperienced participants in group ascents: $45,000 - $60,000 per person.

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