Author : Kraig Becker

The Outpost, the official blog of Outdoorzy.com, has an interesting post up January 22, 2010 that examines the costs of climbing the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents.

Seven Summits map (click to enlarge).

The article looks at several broad categories and gives a good estimate of what each of them costs. For instance, they say that it’ll set you back roughly $1170 for training to ensure you know what you’re doing on those mountains, and another $9200 in airfare just to fly to the various countries that is home to one of these mountains. Throw in another $1500 for “incidentals”, which covers such things as visas and passports, and things start to add up quickly.

Of course, the largest category is for the guide services necessary to climb the 7 (+1) mountains. The Outpost says that you can expect to pay between $105,850 – $169,900 on guides depending on who you choose to go with. They do note that this is an area that can be highly customized, and that’s why there is such a large variance in the cost. Guide services are not all created equal, and sometimes you get what you pay for. Besides, do you really want to go cut-rate on this kind of trip?

The one category that I might disagree with their estimate on is gear, which they say will cost you $2000. In my opinion that is on the very low side, as I’ve seen down suits and thermal boots for Everest that will cost you that much alone. But I suppose, that this is, once again, an area that can really vary greatly, and you do indeed get what you pay for here as well.

So what’s the bottom line? Outdoorzy says that the grand total of making a Seven Summits bid is about $119,720 – $183,870. That doesn’t include the time you’ll need to get off work, as most of us aren’t sponsored climbers either.

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* Richard “Dick” Bass is the owner of Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah and the first man to climb the “Seven Summits.”

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George Leigh Mallory and Andrew Irvine were two English mountaineers who took part in a British expedition to Mount Everest in 1924. On the 8th June, both disappeared somewhere high on the North-East ridge during (or perhaps after completing) the final stage of their attempt to make the first ascent of the world's highest mountain, 29 years before Hillary and Norgay. The pair's last known sighting was only a few hundred metres from the summit. Mallory's ultimate fate was unknown for 75 years, until his body was finally discovered in 1999. Whether or not they reached the summit before they died remains a subject of speculation and continuing research.



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Some people call the highest mountains In the Word Mount Everest „Air Bird”, the others „Goddess-Mother of the World”, the others “Sagarmatha”. European people use only one word “Everest”, which means symbol of challenge. The height of Everest is 8850 and it belongs to the highest mountains range in the world Himalaji. The wind blows here with speed of 200 km/h and has influence on the weather in the Central Asia. In tepid season considerable quantity of snow falls in Himalaji, which doesn’t melt above 6400m. Mass of snow break into the pieces under out burden and fall down with a great roar. The birth of Mount Everest began millions of years ago under the bottom if ancient sea. 60 mln years ago plate, on which India lays now, began to move to the North. The crash with Euro-Asian plate caused that the Bottom of Tetyda Sea drived into Asia, compressed it, pushed up and crushed. Lighter sediments and rocks piled up, giving the birth to Himalaji 25 mln years ago. That’s why Himalaji are relatively young mountains and they continue to grow. Everest has been the highest peak of the world for millions years, but we have known this fact only for 150 years. Sir George Everest discovered in1852 that this mountain is the highest mountain in the world. The first expedition to Himalaji was in the year 1922. Unfortunately expedition wasn’t successful and they couldn’t conquer Everest. Only in 1953 the expedition was successful. Edmund Hillary from New Zeland and Tan zing Norgay from India climber into the top.
More than 600 people repeated the deed of Hillary and Tan zing. Mount Everest the death of 150 people, but this fact doesn’t discourage climbers. I have chosen this place because I think it is the most interesting and dangerous place in the world.

Mount Everest 8848 m n.p.m., najwyższy szczyt świata, położony w środkowej części Himalajów na granicy Nepalu i Tybetu ( Chiny).
Zbudowany z granitów, gnejsów oraz z wapieni i łupków. Tworzy potężny masyw podcięty z trzech stron lodowcami (najdłuższe Khumbu i Rongbuk – ok. 17 km). Przez miejscową ludność uważany za siedzibę bogów (Czomolungma - Bogini Matka Ziemi).
Masyw Mount Everest objęty jest parkiem narodowym (Sagarmatha). Szczyt pierwotnie nosił nazwę Peak XV, w 1851 w trakcie standardowych pomiarów topograficznych określono jego prawidłową wysokość i nazwano go nazwiskiem kierownika Biura Pomiarów w Indiach.
Próby zdobycia Mount Everestu przez wyprawy brytyjskie od strony północnej datują się od 1921, w ich trakcie w 1924 zginął podczas brawurowego ataku - prawdopodobnie 300 m poniżej szczytu - lider brytyjskiego zespołu, wybitny alpinista G. Mallory. 1 V 1999 amerykańska ekspedycja kierowana przez Erica Simonsona odnalazła ciało Mallory\'ego około 300 m poniżej szczytu.
Mount Everest został zdobyty od południa (podczas 12 kolejnej wyprawy) 29 maja 1953 przez Nowozelandczyka E.P. Hillary\'ego i Szerpę N.B. Tenzinga, podczas wyprawy kierowanej przez J. Hunta.
Pierwszego polskiego wejścia dokonała W. Rutkiewicz 16 października 1978 (w dniu wyboru K. Wojtyły na papieża) - było to równocześnie pierwsze wejście Europejki i trzecie wejście kobiece w ogóle. 17 Lutego 1980 wyprawa polska (L. Cichy i K. Wielicki) dokonała pierwszego wejścia zimowego na Mount Everest.