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The cost of climbing Mt. Everest
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2/11/2025
British expatriate Mark Shuttleworth shares what it costs to climb the tallest mountain on Earth.
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In 2012, British expatriate Mark Shuttleworth and his daughter Lianna conquered Mount Everest
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and the world's six other tallest peaks in different continents.
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Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth at 8,848 meters, continues to lure mountaineers
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from various parts of the globe.
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In the region, the dream to conquer the mount has been strongest over the past three years.
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It was quite an experience. It's a long expedition. Seven weeks, if the weather's good for you.
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So a long, long trek compared with the other mountains.
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Ours was a little bit special. When we summited, it was minus 55 degrees.
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We couldn't see a thing, so we were only on the top for seven minutes.
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But scaling the world's tallest peaks doesn't only require iron resolve, extensive mountaineering experience
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and a bit of luck. It also requires a hefty sum of money.
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Everest is an expensive proposition for anybody.
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The top of the range, you can go with the top guide houses, costs around 65,000.
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You can pay an additional $5,000 for additional oxygen, so making it 70 if you really want to.
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With a top of the range outfitter, they provide you better lines of support, infrastructure
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and on the mountains, more safety.
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For 240,000 dirhams, one could stay for around three days in the Royal Suite of Birchal Arab,
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one of the world's most expensive hotel suites.
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Or you can rent a studio apartment at the world's tallest building, Birch Khalifa, and live there for two years.
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For a car enthusiast, that money is worth 43 days of driving a Ferrari.
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Or you could treat yourself to 68 iPhones or 1.5 kilos of gold.
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For caffeine addicts, it will buy you nearly 120,000 cups of coffee.
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While there are guide houses that offer as low as 110,000 dirhams for their services per climb,
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Shuttleworth said this rate won't give you the same quantity and quality of support network.
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For anybody who's going up there who's not a very experienced mountaineer,
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you need to be balancing how much is your life worth against how much you can afford.
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But I would obviously say you need to pay more and not less,
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because for the less, you don't get as much, and the higher risk.
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For Shuttleworth, the investment was worth every penny to conquer the tallest mountain on Earth and be on top of the world.
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Being able to travel the world, see beautiful sights.
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Alaska was gorgeous.
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The Antarctic, very few people get to visit.
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And then Everest, absolutely phenomenal feeling, standing on top of the world.
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