How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:17 pmI was wondering how much western guides make to guide on Everest.....
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Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:17 pmRe: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:34 pmLess than you unless you're unemployed.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:38 pm$325 usd per day doesn't sound horrible.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:13 pmIf you know, why did you ask?
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:31 pmdadndave wrote:If you know, why did you ask?
He didn't until someone gave him an answer in NZ dollars. That post went out with the wash...
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 12:00 amBit slow on the uptake this morning on account of knocking off three bottles of Coopers, after which, a bottle of very ordinary claret seemed like a good idea.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 1:33 amYeah, there was another post, but it vanished.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 5:16 amBlaww wrote:$325 usd per day doesn't sound horrible.
How many days out of the year do you plan on guiding on Everest? Yeah, $325/day isn't bad......but it's not a 200+ day gig. A trained monkey could make $100 in an hour of street performance,but it doesn't mean he's going to make that every hour.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 6:18 amI've heard panhandlers in LA make more than "average" professional mountain guides. Of course, mountain guide gigs usually include room and board, basic as it may be.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:23 amWyomingSummits wrote:Blaww wrote:$325 usd per day doesn't sound horrible.
How many days out of the year do you plan on guiding on Everest? Yeah, $325/day isn't bad......but it's not a 200+ day gig. A trained monkey could make $100 in an hour of street performance,but it doesn't mean he's going to make that every hour.
What does the owner of the guiding company make and what do the sherpa make?
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 4:46 pmI'm not sure how common the practice is, but some I know some guys have guided Everest for no pay. Their compensation was a free trip to Everest which is quite expensive.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 7:27 pmExcitableBoy wrote:I'm not sure how common the practice is, but some I know some guys have guided Everest for no pay. Their compensation was a free trip to Everest which is quite expensive.
I was going to say the same thing. If you are a "junior" guide, it's pretty common (or used to be) to not be paid for international trips. Airfare/permits/food/etc. are your pay for several weeks work.
Re: How much do Everest guides make?
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:10 pmMy old climbing buddy Bill Crouse has been to the summit of Everest 7 times. Not all of those summits were as a guide. I don't think his salary plays much of a role in what he does.