Ensuring Your Summit Legacy is a Force for Good
Your journey to the Mount Everest summit region carries social weight. Being an ethical explorer means ensuring your Mount Everest expedition directly benefits the local people and protects the Everest trekking environment.
Verify that your Everest trekking company provides fair pay and full insurance for their staff. This is the single most important ethical decision you can make for your Mount Everest expedition.
Choose local operators and spend your money in the teahouses. Direct economic support ensures that the wealth from the Mount Everest summit industry stays in the Khumbu region, strengthening Sherpa traditions.
Use your platform to talk about the challenges facing the Everest region. Your voice as a successful Mount Everest expedition member can influence others to trek more responsibly in the future.
A successful Mount Everest expedition is one that leaves the mountain and its people better than you found them. Be an ethical leader on the trail toward the Mount Everest summit.
