It’s that time again: Mount Everest season.

For two months starting in March, thousands of ambitious voyagers are set to travel more than 16,000 feet above sea level to one of Everest’s two main campsites. But this adventure of a lifetime—dangerous, difficult, and deadly as it is—can also be a very luxurious experience for those willing to pay up.

“There was a [Everest guide] company last year that offered a masseur from Kathmandu, who stayed the whole season,” Alan Arnette, a mountaineering coach who successfully climbed Everest in 2011, told The Daily Beast. “If you’re paying $100,000, you can expect cappuccinos and sushi up there. Even a three-star chef.”

Some of the most opulent adventurers arrive at the base camp of the world’s largest mountain, with hired porters carrying their gear in tow, before being to glamping-style tents that offer a slew of amenities rivaling any five-star hotel.

“There is a market for the high-end experience at Basecamp. It’s like an airplane. The experience is totally different the more you spend,” Arnette added.

This luxury mountainous accommodation is just another example of the fast-growing adventure travel market for enthusiasts willing to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars for once-in-a-lifetime trips to space, the bottom of the ocean, and even the South Pole. Unlike other excursions that seem only available to those with a vastly expendable income—-the price tag on a trip to Everest can vary greatly.

Expedition organizers and former Everest climbers told The Daily Beast that the cost for the mountain trip ranges from $30,000 to over half a million dollars—excluding the airfare to Asia. The trip consists of three major costs: a permit that costs upwards of $18,000 to climb on either the Nepal or China side; payment to the guide company that supplies the tents, oxygen sherpa, and other necessities; and purchasing all the gear to safely summit the 29,000-foot mountain.

On the Nepal side, travelers are also set to walk 80 miles, or a 9-day trek to base camp—while those who........

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