Insurance Discussion
(Emergency evacuation, Medical treatment Personal Gears lost)
Traveling it is always sensible
to have some sort of travel insurance and medical insurance things. However,
many policies exclude climbing with ropes so for 8000m. expeditions insurance
is a lot more difficult to find and therefore is not compulsory. Climbing
without insurance this means you must pay for any rescue in full.
Before leave to your country for expedition the first place to look for insurance is your national Alpine club. Both the American Alpine club (AAC) and the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) have good policies for their members. Beyond this the next best hope is an insurance policy that has no limitations. Most policies specifically exclude so-called dangerous activities, including climbing gears with ropes. However, a few policies do not have such specific exclusions, IHI for example.
We have Helicopter rescue service
available in Nepal
if you make your insurance for the evacuation cases as well as treatment and
medicines. Rescue Helicopter can fly any time except lots of cloud and dark
time. Beside this; it is worth understanding that in Tibet
there are no golden hour rescues; basically no helicopter rescue is available.
Any evacuation is normally carried out by our climbing Sherpas team with the
help of some of our climbers to get you off the mountain, and then a yak or
horse if you cannot walk to base camp. From there you drive back to Kathmandu
where a western-staffed clinic can assist you. And for treatment there is
clinic here in Kathmandu or for best to go Singapore
or Thailand. In
most cases the idea is to get you back to your home country as quickly as
possible for Hospital treatment. So, before come to Kathmandu
for Trekking, Peak Climbing, and expedition in Nepal
as well as for Tibet
you must have travel, emergency evacuation and medical insurance which can
covers for your above mentioned needs. If you are not able to do the travel
Insurance in your country then it is also possible to do in Kathmandu.
