A common gripe one hears at base camp is over the cost of access to Mount Everest. The Tibet Mountaineering Association now charges around $5,000 per mountaineer climbing toward the peak. “They are making millions here,” said Werner De Jong,... ...full story at Tim Johnson
from Tim Johnson on Tue, Apr 24 2007
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