There are certain fixed fees that explain this hefty price tag.
There are certain fixed fees that explain this hefty price tag. All expeditions must pay for helicopter insurance for their staff as well as life insurance. Government taxes account for another chunk. Each climber must pay $11,000 (around £7,600) to the Nepali government for a permit, while the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee claims another $600 towards its ‘ice-fall doctors’, who fix the route through the Khumbu Glacier into the Western Cwm.