I wonder how much a chopper ride would cost at "reasonable rates" (e.g, not the air ambulance but just a chopper).

MikeNotThePope 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I can tell you exactly what it cost for me. I took the helicopter from Gorakshep, the highest/last town on the EBC trek, to Lukla, the crazy airport people call the most dangerous one in the world. For me, a 255 lbs / 115kg guy, 2 Nepalis that are each half my size, a pilot, and our not-that-heavy hiking gear was 2000 USD in October of 2024.

Pics/video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBTpLGtydZW/

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ddlatham 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

probably mean 255 lb / 115kg

	▲	MikeNotThePope 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, thanks for noticing. I fixed.

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AndrewKemendo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Nothing beats good quality, freshly sourced, all natural ground truth data

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doikor 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Per person around $1500. Over 10k of you can’t fill the chopper.

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paxys 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm assuming less than the average ambulance ride in the USA

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throwway120385 7 hours ago | parent [-]

From personal experience it's about twice the cost of an ambulance ride from my house to the hospital. Air ambulances here are about 10 times as much.

	▲	bombcar 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Having something scheduled is cheaper than on-demand, too. You may even end up using the same equipment, but at a lower priority (it costs $200 or so to have an ambulance sit at your event, for example).