KATHMANDU — The highest camp on the world's tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, said a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest's peak.
KATHMANDU — The highest camp on the world's tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, said a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest's peak.The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and Sherpas removed 11 tons of garbage, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year's climbing season.
The recovered bodies of climbers are being prepared to be airlifted from the Mount Everest base camp in Nepal on May 29, 2024. The garbage left there was mostly old tents, some food packaging and gas cartridges, oxygen bottles, tent packs, and ropes used for climbing and tying up tents,' he said, adding that the garbage was in layers and frozen at the 8,000-meter altitude where the South Col camp is located.Since the peak was first conquered in 1953, thousands of climbers have scaled it, and many have left behind more than just their footprints.
Highest Camp Littered With Frozen Trash
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