When that insurance bill comes in the mail and you begin to feel faint over the cost of the premium, you can take some satisfaction in knowing that there is someone out there paying a lot more than you. However, they can afford afford that trek through the Himalayas that will be costing them so much. If they begin to feel faint it will be for a different reason.
Reuters reports that hikers of the world’s tallest peaks, primarily Mount Everest, will have to fork over an additional 32 percent in insurance costs to cover their Sherpa guide’s insurance coverage beginning in September.
According to
the report, foreign mountaineers will pay $19,000 for each guide’s
insurance coverage, including medical insurance, up from $13,000. The
government of Nepal says the increase is an effort to improve the compensation
to the guides. The action comes after an avalanche
claimed the lives of at least a dozen people on a climb of Mount Everest
just this past April, one of the deadliest avalanche events, say experts.
Do check out
the story, if for nothing else than to see the photo of one porter’s
burden. After reading what a Sherpa earns, one has to wonder if they are not
getting the short-end of the stick.
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