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[URLCollection]

Anyone have any thoughts about this one - MountEverest.org ??
Thanks Much - Steve

 

[bidawinner]

Aren't their organizations that plan these climbs?...

1K to the exact match

 

[TurNIC.com]

Nice name. good luck. I don't know whether they have a rich people in those organizations but It has sure some good value

 

[Biggie]

You may get lucky on this one! Although I'm not into mountains.

$$ >+

 

[bidawinner]

Originally posted by SirAlexFerguson
Nice name. good luck. I don't know whether they have a rich people in those organizations but It has sure some good value

Yeah , I think It is big money actually to put together one of these climbs. Usually sponsor money from companies like NationalGeographic , Columbia winter wear, boot manufactures etc..

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks for the posts guys - Just thought we would see want you thought we should do with this one - Hard to put a number on the org's sometimes. Thanks again - Steve

 

[Ed30]

It would even make a good rock/mountain climbing site - $1000.

 

[Source]

An interesting article (cleanups cost $$$ - MountEverest.org would be perfect):

Mountain of garbage cleared from Mt Everest
Weeks before the 50th anniversary of first Everest ascent, the world's highest peak is almost back to its original pristine state

NEW DELHI - It was once called the world's highest garbage dump.

For years, the slopes of the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, were littered with heaps of oxygen bottles, food packets, tents, batteries and other climbing paraphernalia left behind by mountaineers.

'An estimated minimum of 290 tonnes and a maximum of 1,115 tonnes of garbage have been left in the area,' Ms Junko Tabei of Japan, the first woman to reach the Everest summit, said in 2000.

'Based on the fact that an average of 304 people a year were climbing Everest in the 1990s...the amount of garbage is increasing every year by between 15.5 and 60 tonnes,' she said.

But as Nepal gears up to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Everest ascent on May 29, climbers say the Himalayan peak is almost back to its original pristine state, thanks to concerted conservation efforts in recent years.

'If you want to find garbage on Everest now, you have to go looking for it, and you'll only find it in some pretty obscure locations and then it will be at least 30 to 50 years old,' US mountain guide Eric Simonson said.

Another cleanup is due this year when nine US climbers and nine Nepali sherpas plan to haul 1,000kg of paper, cylinders and other rubbish down from a camp at 6,300m, which gets the most use after base camp.

'We'll be able to remove the last bit during the golden jubilee celebrations, so Nepal can tell the world Mount Everest is clean,' said US climber Bob Hoffman, who is leading the cleanup.

Conservation efforts kicked off in the early 1990s when a New Zealand team removed 4,000kg of garbage from base camp, the most crowded part of the mountain that Tibetans call Chomolungma, or Goddess Mother of the World.

Over the years, many foreign and Nepali climbing teams on cleanup expeditions have hauled back mountains of garbage, ranging from cans and crampons to brass tent stakes and broken ladders.

More recently, a Japanese team returned last year with 2.6 tonnes of garbage, including tents, 170 oxygen cylinders, gas cartridges and plastic that had accumulated over the years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top.

'Some people leave things out of laziness or because it's a case of life and death,' mountaineer Jamling Norgay, who is Tenzing's son, said.

The drive to clean up the 8,850m mountain has also got a prod from the Nepali government.

In 1996, Nepal made it compulsory for expeditions to bring back their rubbish and began charging a US$4,000 (S$7,100) 'garbage deposit' from each team.

The money was refunded if the team showed it had packed its garbage. -- Reuters

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks ED - That is a good number - I think it may have a few uses - I do not know much about mountain climbing but the numbers are good on the search engines, so must be very popular. Thanks again - Steve

 

[URLCollection]

Name-Maker - That is very interesting - I saw a show on the mountain a while back and they were speaking about the rubbish being left behind.... charging a US$4,000 - That would add up pretty fast at 300+ climbs a year - Thanks for the article - Steve

 

[buddy]

Good name with a very wide recognition. Not sure how to make money from it besides reselling it. But if I were to give it a shot it would involve climbing and travel related stuff.

 

[URLCollection]

kvinsencius - Thanks for the thoughts - Maybe Travel or Hiking Supplies - We have had a couple of inquiries and I remember one was from a Travel Tours Company - Thanks again - Steve

 

[Steen]

LOL nice name. It is good to have loacations (landmarks/cities) in .org.

Funny that all these ppl are talking about trash on mountains

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks for the post DevilDude - I guess trash is a big thing on the mountains from the hikers - I never would have thought so - Guess after climbing Mount Everest they are too tired to carry it back down - Thanks again - Steve

 

[Bob]

I like it. Well known mountain. I can see it going for 3-5k.

-Bob

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks Bob - Yes it has many searches on the engines - High Profile Mt. - Thanks for the great numbers - Seems we are at 1K-3K on average - Thanks for the post - Steve

 

[DrWho]

Originally posted by CPiSites
Anyone have any thoughts about this one - MountEverest.org ??
Thanks Much - Steve

$300 /reseller

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks Dr. Who - So we have a range as above from $300 - $3000 - Thanks all for the posts.