| HOME | QUESTIONS | NEWS | LECTURE | LEADER | EQUIPMENT | MEMBER | GLACIER SCHOOL | CHARITY | SPONSOR |
SHISHA PANGMA
Often Spelled: "Xixabangma, Shishipangma, or Xixapangma"
One of the easiest 8000 metre peaks in the world, located in Tibet, near Everest.
Basic Climb Cost: $5250, £3000, €4450.
We provide generous discounts for groups of two or more.
Shishapangma photo: Mark Newcomb
4 September to 3 October, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, 30 days in Tibet and Nepal
We successfully climbed this peak in 2001. Please CLICK the "News" button.
Coordinator: Felix Berg, fluent English and German speaker, 8000 metre climber, and technical expert.
Organizer: Jon Christian Otto, fluent Chinese speaker, Tibet and China Expert, with 10 years Himalayan climbing experience.
Interested? Please contact us: SummitClimb@earthlink.net
YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A "DESIGN-YOUR-OWN-CLIMB" WEBSITE:
Please read the following to the bottom, then "click" on "agree" or "disagree":
BEFORE VIEWING THE SITE, WE WISH TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF, AND FULLY ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING POINTS, THEN "AGREE" OR "DISAGREE" BELOW:
* Our "basic climb" (Cost: $5250, £3450, €5150) includes:
| 1. | Coordinator: Felix Berg, fluent English and German speaker, 8000 metre climber, and technical expert; |
| 2. | Organizer: Jon Christian Otto, fluent Chinese speaker, Tibet and China Expert, with 10 years Himalayan climbing experience; |
| 3. | All permit fees and liaison officers; |
| 4. | Transport to basecamp to/from Kathmandu, including accommodation and meals on the road; |
| 5. | Yak transport from the road to and from advanced basecamp; |
| 6. | Emergency equipment and supplies: medical oxygen, gamow bag, basecamp medical kit, high-altitude medical kits, etcetera; |
| 7. | Other necessary services and supplies (ie: extra yaks, cooked-meals and hot drinks in basecamp), may be purchased and hired at minimal expense. |
Add the following services to the basic climb:
Basecamp kitchen, cooks, meals, dining, and sleeping tents: $1500, £850, €1250.
High altitude leaders, sherpas, tents, equipment, walkie-talkies, food, stoves, fuel, etcetera: $1500, £850, €1250.
A. This trip may seem inexpensive. The reason is: no one from our organization goes on the expedition (unless you hire 8000 metre climber Felix Berg to lead your expedition, or some of our excellent Sherpas to assist you). It is an unaccompanied, "Design-Your-Own-Climb" expedition.
B. The prices quoted above include only the minimum of services, equipment and supplies. Bring what you need, or they can be hired and purchased at a nominal additional cost.
C. You must provide documentation that you have climbed to 6000 metres within the last three years.
D. You must provide us with the completed medical forms, signed by your doctor. Prior to joining our group, please see your doctor and obtain the necessary permission and advice, as well as medications for travel in extremes of altitude, and also for exotic locales.
E. Skill Level: Although Shishapangma is considered to be one of the easier 8000 metre peaks, there are hazards present, and members must have experience in roped rock and ice climbing techniques (to protect from falling down the mountain or into crevasses), and have winter-condition climbing experience in the greater ranges of the world. Those who bring skis and snowboards must be very competent.
F. You must have an awareness of altitude sickness, frostbite, and the recognition of their symptoms, prevention, and treatment.
G. You must join this expedition with a climbing partner, or hire one of our Sherpas to accompany you. If you do not know anyone who will climb together with you, please join our "secure climbing partner chat room".
H. We only welcome members who agree to the following: Upon walking onto the Shishapangma Glacier, and above, all members must be roped to another team member. Neither solo climbing, nor descending, are allowed above Camp One.
I. Make sure you have physically trained yourself very thoroughly before joining this climb.
J. You must show proof of travel and mountain rescue insurance, and you must provide an "emergency letter", showing the contact details of a person who speaks fluent english, and is ready to wire funds on your behalf, 24 hours each day.
After reading the above, please "click" one of the following:
No, I am not interested, please return me to the full-service website.
Would you like to contact us immediately: SummitClimb@earthlink.net
| HOME | QUESTIONS | NEWS | LECTURE | LEADER | EQUIPMENT | MEMBER | GLACIER SCHOOL | CHARITY | SPONSOR |
Please
visit and learn about
our other expeditions:
