Mount Everest

So much has already been written and continues to be written about it. Good and bad, fascinating, off-putting, captivating, strange, tragic and intriguing. Whatever your personal opinion, Everest is and will always remain the mother of all mountains. Its chronicle of ascents is unmatched in terms of drama, insanity and heroics. It is the playground of the elite alpinists of our time, and also the most dreamed-of mountain for so many climbers from all over the world. It is 8,848 meters of pure magnetism.

It’s not just a mountain. Everest is a legend.

Furtenbach Adventures is the first western operator to run Mount Everest expeditions from both the north and the south at the same time – additionally you can also choose between our classic or our flash expedition. Thus, everyone can choose the best option for themselves. But no matter which option you choose – with the highest possible safety and quality standards and the comforting certainty of entrusting yourself to a licensed, strictly audited, Austrian expedition organizer with a long-standing 100% success rate and “zero accident” statistics, you have already made the right choice.

Furtenbach Adventures Everest Expeditions

We run a unique style of Everest expedition with maximum oxygen and Sherpa support to achieve the highest level of safety and highest chances of success. The exclusive nature of Furtenbach Adventures makes our expeditions stand out from the rest – maybe even a bit better.

Shorter expedition duration with hypoxic pre-acclimatization

We benefit from 20 years of experience in organizing expeditions to eight-thousand-meter peaks in the Himalaya and Karakoram mountain ranges.

We employ experienced, state-certified (IFMGA/AMGA) mountain guides, together with a team of proven Everest Sherpas.

Our climbing Sherpas have summitted Everest several times over and are highly skilled at knowing exactly how they can best support our climbers during their summit attempt.

In contrast to many other tour operators, we provide the most advanced, most reliable and easiest oxygen system available on the market, from Summit Oxygen.

We provide each participant with unlimited oxygen* with regulators specially produced for us with the highest flow rate on the market. This means our clients can breathe at a higher flow rate while climbing and can sleep using oxygen from Camp 3 (7.160m), thereby conserving energy.

Our climbers are better acclimatized by the time they arrive because they have already started their acclimatization process at home, 4 – 8 weeks prior to the start of the expedition. All high-altitude generator equipment is delivered to your home and collected when training is completed and includes a training plan and expert supervision. We take care of everything.

We provide one of the most comfortable base camp facilities ever to be seen on Everest.

The food that our kitchen teams produce is outstanding, turned out from a base camp kitchen on a glacial moraine at the ends of the Earth.

Experience the (south) route with our Everest 360°-Videos!

Which route should I choose – NORTH or SOUTH?

The two “normal routes” up to the top of Everest offer each certain advantages, but each also carries risks and challenges. Ultimately, it should be a considered decision whether to attempt the climb from the north from Tibet via the North Col and Northeast Ridge or from the south from Nepal via the Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face and Southeast Ridge.

In many cases, there will be individual arguments for one side or the other, depending on each participant’s experience, personality, climbing intent. You may have more sympathy for one side, it has more appeal, or you may see it as the more beautiful line.

Listen to your intuition, which is always the best advisor in such decisions, or let us advise you personally!

North

South

+ objectively safest ascent

+ last camp is higher (8300m) therefore
shorter summit day

+ more comfortable and luxurious basecamp thanks to road access

+ max. of 200 permits per year – which means less climbers

– ascent longer exposed to wind and cold temperatures

– technically more demanding in the last third, more rock

– descent from summit more difficult

+ technically easier and longer climb possible in the slipstream

+ possibility of descent to 4000m for better regeneration before the summit push

+ double expedition with Lhotse possible

– more climbers, thus danger of congestion in the icefall, the Lhotse Face and on the summit ridge

– last camp at 8000m, therefore longer and more strenuous summit day

– total ascent from base camp a little longer and therefore more demanding on physical condition

Which expedition suits me CLASSIC or FLASH?

The main reason for failed ascents of an 8,000 meter peak is the long acclimatization period on the mountain. The multiple and sometimes dangerous and tiring ascents and descents and the risk of infection at base camp, where many people are in close quarters, saps the strength of many climbers before the actual climb has even begun. So why acclimatize at base camp when you can do it at home in your own four walls, significantly increase the success of the expedition, and greatly shorten the duration of the expedition?

Experience altitude acclimatization in a new way! Get used to the low-oxygen high-altitude air – from the comfort of your own home and with the long-standing know-how of our experts. For a shortened expedition duration, more performance as well as higher chances of success and efficiency on the mountain.

Through hypoxic training, altitudes of up to 7,000m can be simulated. This way you will be pre-acclimatized for your upcoming expedition in a highly efficient and individual way and will be able to reach your summit goal in the shortest possible time.

15 years of experience with hypoxic systems facilitates the pre-acclimatization and increases performance and chances of success at the summit significantly With the support of experts, you can acclimatize at home. Quite simply, with the world’s only sleeping tent that simulates oxygen levels at 7000m. Perfect to prepare for high altitudes!

Classic

Flash

+ much time on the mountain – you can also experience the real camp athmosphere on site

+ also guests of our Classic expedition have 4 weeks of pre-acclimatization included

+ improves performance and acclimatization on the mountain which leads to better summit chances and increased safety

+ 8 bottles of oxygen per participant

+ cheaper

+ high altitude porters and Climbing Sherpa (on summit day 1:1 Sherpa : participant)

– more time needed (approx. 6 weeks)

– longer waiting time in basecamp, where regeneration is more difficult

+ shortening the duration of the trip to half of the time (approx. 3 – 4 weeks)

+ high performance and fitness on the mountain due to pre-acclimatization

+ significantly reduced risk on the mountain

+ 2 Climbing Sherpas/participant

+ 1 mountain guide per 4 participants, thereby best support possible

+ unlimited amount of oxygen

+ exclusive oxygen regulator with a flow rate of 8lpm

+ monitoring of the vital data during the expedition

+ more time at home and less vacation needed

+ reduced exhaustion

+ minimized symptoms of altitude sickness

+ integration of acclimatization into daily life

+ parameters of acclimatization individually tunable

– acclimatization symptoms in a softer form at home (sleep is normally not as good as usual)

Overview of our Everest options

Everest North Flash

duration: 21 days
price: € 109.900
duration pre-acclimatization: max. 8 weeks
sherpa ratio: 2 Climbing Sherpas/guest
what’s special: smallest group size on Everest, short travel time

Everest South Flash

duration: 21 days
price: € 109.900
duration pre-acclimatization: max. 8 weeks
sherpa ratio: 2 Climbing Sherpas/guest
what’s special: permit for a 6,000er for acclimatization, helicopter shuttle to the base camp

Everest Signature Expedition, North

duration: 21 days
price: € 220.000
duration pre-acclimatization: max. 8 weeks
sherpa ratio: 2 Climbing Sherpas + 1 private mountain guide/guest
what’s special: private guiding, maximum comfort and safety

Everest North Classic

duration: 42 days
price: € 72.900
duration pre-acclimatization: 4 weeks
sherpa ratio: 1 Climbing Sherpa/guest
what’s special: pre-acclimatization with our hypoxic system also increases the chances of success

Everest South Classic

duration: 49 days
price: € 72.900
duration pre-acclimatization: 4 weeks
sherpa ratio: 1 Climbing Sherpa/guest
what’s special: combination with Lhotse ascent possible

Everest North Col (7.005m)

duration: 28 days
price: € 23.990
duration pre-acclimatization: –
sherpa ratio: –
what’s special: get a taste of high altitude with the Everest Team

Everest North Trekking

duration: 18-25 days
price: € 5.990 – € 10.790
duration pre-acclimatization: –
sherpa ratio: –
what’s special: 2 options possible: up to Basecamp or up to Advanced Basecamp

Everest South Trekking

duration: 14 days
price: € 3.350
duration pre-acclimatization: –
sherpa ratio: –
what’s special: experience our Everest expedition firsthand

Statistics overview Everest ascents 2014 – 2019

In the statistics below you can see a comparison of all Everest expeditions of all tour operators of the years 2014 – 2019, in which the Everest expeditions on the South and North side were conducted in a comparable style. In recent years, the statistics have developed in favor of the north side, both in terms of success rate and death rate.

	South/Nepal	North/Tibet
Members above BC	1568	732
Deaths	22	3
Death rate	1,60%	0,40%
Summits	965	517
Success rate	62,00%	70,60%

source: http://himalayandatabase.com