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Royalty
and Size of Expedition
Team |
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1.
More than one team may be permitted to climb Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) by separate routes in
one season. |
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2. A royalty of US$ 50,000 has
been fixed for Sagarmatha for a team consisting
of 7 members. The team may include 5 more
members provided if it pays extra US$ 10,000 for
each additional member. The royalty includes
trekking
fee of the team members. The team members will
be granted three months visas. Additional US$
20,000 will have to be paid by the team willing
to scale Sagarmatha by normal South East Ridge
route. |
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3. In all regions including Khumbu, an expedition team can have up to 7
members for the minimum royalty, and 5 more
members for the additional
royalty. |
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4. The team already permitted
to scale Sagarmatha will have to pay US$ 10.000
if it intends to change the ascent route. It
will have to pay additional US$ 20.000 if it
intends to change the ascent route to normal
South East Ridge route. |
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5. For peaks other than Sagarmatha, the team will have to pay additional
25% of the .royalty in US dollars to change the
ascent route. |
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6.
Expedition team must complete all necessary
administrative formalities and procedures in
order to take back the garbage of the expedition
team to their respective countries, after the
completion of the expedition. Ministry of
Culture, Tourism & Civil Aviation will take
necessary monetary deposit from them, which will
be refunded after the
dispatch of garbage from
Nepal. |
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Schedule 2
B |
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(RELATING TO SUB- RULE
{1} OF RULE {5} ROYALTY (IN US
DOLLAR). |
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Classification For the
expedition Including up to
7 members |
For each additional
member
exceeding 7 members in
expedition |
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Peaks above
8000m |
10,000 |
1,500 |
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Peaks of 7501-8000
m |
4,000 |
500 |
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Peaks of 7001-7500
m |
3,000 |
400 |
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Peaks of 6501-7000
m |
2,000 |
300 |
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Peaks below
6501 |
1,500 |
200 |
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Effective
from 1992 Autumn. |
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The Ministry of Culture,
Tourism and Civil Aviation has fixed the price
of the deposit for the management of garbage by
each mountaineering team which tries to climb
any peak in Khumbu region. They are as
follows: |
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Name of the
peak |
Amount |
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1. Mt.
Everest |
US$ 4,000or equivalent in
convertible foreign
currencies |
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2. Other peaks above 8000
meter |
US$ 3000 or equivalent in
convertible foreign
currencies |
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3. All peaks less than 8000
meter |
US$ 2,000 or equivalent in
convertible foreign
currencies |
