The Himalayan Challenge

Strategy Blueprint

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United Nations Millennium Development Goals

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger– Reduce by half the proportion of people living on less than a dollar a day– Reduce by half the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

2. Achieve universal primary education– Ensure that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling

3. Promote gender equality and empower women– Eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education

preferably by 2005, and at all levels by 2015

4. Reduce child mortality – Reduce by two thirds the mortality rate among children under five

5. Improve maternal health – Reduce by three quarters the maternal mortality ratio

6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases– Halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS – Halt and begin to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major

diseases

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United Nations Millennium Development Goals

7. Ensure environmental sustainability – Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and

programmes; reverse loss of environmental resources– Reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe

drinking water – Achieve significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers,

by 2020

8. Develop a global partnership for development – Develop further an open trading and financial system that is rule-based,

predictable and non-discriminatory. Includes a commitment to good governance, development and poverty reduction—nationally and internationally

– Address the least developed countries’ special needs. This includes tariff- and quota-free access for their exports; enhanced debt relief for heavily indebted poor countries; cancellation of official bilateral debt; and more generous official development assistance for countries committed to poverty reduction

– Address the special needs of landlocked and small island developing States– Deal comprehensively with developing countries’ debt problems through

national and international measures to make debt sustainable in the long term– In cooperation with the developing countries, develop decent and productive

work for youth – In cooperation with pharmaceutical companies, provide access to affordable

essential drugs in developing countries– In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new

technologies—especially information and communications technologies

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Climb Cost estimatesRequirements for 7-member

team Typical Costs Worst case Preferred

1 Lead Guide  0

2 Assistant Guides   $10K-15K each 10,000 20,000

7 Climbing Sherpas   $5,000 each 0 5000

3-4 Cooks   $3,500 each 0 1000

1 Liaison Officer   $3,000 3000 3000

Doctor   $4,000

Travel for Guides from U.S. to Nepal 

0

Excess Baggage   $8,300 0 1185

Hotel in Kathmandu   $600 0 50

3 Helicopter Charters   $16,500 R/T 0 500

1 Plane Charter   $600-$700 R/T 0 0

150 Yaks   $7,500 500 1000

Trip to and from Base Camp   $5,000-$6,000 50 50

Climbing Permit  1 - $25,000 10000 25000

Sagarmatha Park Entrance Fee   $100 per team 100 100

Khumbu Icefall Fee   $2,375 per team 2375 2375

Radio Permit   $400 /8 walkie-talkies 100 100

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Climb Cost estimatesRequirements for 7-member team Typical Costs Worst case Preferred

Satellite Phone Permit   $2,300 per phone 0 0

Sat Phone Rate   roughly $2.50 per minute 0 0

Insurance   $100 / Nepalese member 300 300

Garbage and Human Waste Disposal 

 $4,000100 100

Fuel   $3,000 300 300

Oxygen   $30,000 1000 1000

Oxygen Masks and Regulators   $300 per set 600 600

Batteries   $1,500 0 0

Food Bought in Nepal   $3,000 500 500

Food Brought from U.S.   $3,000 500 500

Medical supplies   $1,000 0 0

Climbing Gear   $500 500 500

Tents   $4,000 1000 1000

Ritual Expenses   $300 10 10

Helicopter Evacuation   $5,000 0 0

Emergency Contingency   $1,000 0 0

6 Training climbs at $5,000 a piece 30,000 30,000

Total 60,935 94,170