Cost calculation
The costs of organizing the 2x7 2007 is unfortunately quite high (they
total ca. $6.600) and rather beyond our affordance. Therefore we offer you co-operation,
whose details have been presented in the
sponsorship tab.
Detailed costs of the Expedition are as follows:
Getting there and permits:
- Rail tickets to Moscow ca. $170.
- Air tickets Moscow - Dushanbe ca. $1.200 return.
- Accommodation in Dushanbe and on the way to Base Camp: ca. $120.
- Transfer to and from the Base Camp on the Walter Glacier: by car ca. $400, by helicopter ca. $800.
- Summit permits (2 single permits each peak) $520.
- Visas: $500.
Total, Getting there and permits: $2,910.
Costs of gear to replenish what we currently possess:
- High-altitude expedition tent: $300.
- Down suits $680.
- Mountaineering boots $500.
- Down sleeping bags $700.
- Ice axes $400.
- Helmets $150.
- Climbing backpacks (smaller than transport rucksacks) $250.
- Renting a satelllite phone for live transmissions ca. $700 (the cost is so high
due to necessity to insure the phone in case it should be lost).
Total, Gear: ca. $3,680.
TOTAL COSTS: $6,600.