# 141: The Price of Mount Everest

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Podcast: [Off the Trails](https://stenobird.com/podcast/off-the-trails-6455551)
Published: 2026-02-18T05:00:04+00:00
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## Resource

When people talk about climbing Everest, most of us picture the iconic summit image. The snow, the flags, the breathtaking view. What we don’t picture is that getting there takes about two months, tens of thousands of dollars, weeks of slow suffering, and a real risk of never making it home. Sources: Seven Seas Media , Wikipedia 1 , Wikipedia 2 , Himalayan Recreation , D Magazine , Britannica , WFAA , Outside Online , Himalayan Trekkers , Facebook , Alchetron , Dallas News , How Stuff Works , HCA Health Care Today Support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month, with benefits starting at the $3 tier! Follow us on Instagram at offthetrailspodcast Follow us on Facebook at Off the Trails Podcast If you have your own outdoor misadventure (or adventure) story that you'd like us to include in a listener episode, send it to us at offthetrailspodcast@gmail.com Please take a moment to rate and review our show, and a big thanks if you already have! **We do our own research and try our best to cross-reference reliable sources to present the most accurate information we can. Please reach out to us if you believe we have mispresented any information during this episode, and we will be happy to correct ourselves in a future episode.

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