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While this method is more costly than traditional means, it isn't by that much, but it does drastically reduce the time on mountain. Everest is notoriously crowded. Lowering time on the mountain could reduce those crowds which would be a positive effect for all climbers. I think we'll just have to wait and see how the chips fall, but I don't think there's enough info to just say that this makes it more accessible and thus more problems on the mountain.
Realistically it will increase the amount of people on the mountain by making it easier, and by a lot too.
How do you know that?
Because that almost always happens when things become more accessible than they used to be?
For these sort of people, taking a full financial quarter away from your executive job and high class social obligations it the real cost of the climb. If someone can offer the ability to do it in half the time theyll pay quite a bit for the convenience.