[bombcar]

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

[MikeNotThePope]

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/

[ddlatham]

probably mean 255 lb / 115kg

[MikeNotThePope]

Yes, thanks for noticing. I fixed.

[AndrewKemendo]

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

[doikor]

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

[paxys]

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

[throwway120385]

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]

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).

[hermitcrab]

Yes, but it might be in some ancient Russian helicopter of unknown provenance.