A team of Twenty Sherpas are planning to Clean up the World’s tallest Peak Mount Everest. They are not only planning to bring down thousands of kilograms of garbage, but also the corpse of the Climbers who lost their lives during their expeditions in the ‘Death Zone’.
According to estimates, there are nearly 120 tons of litter and 120 dead bodies on Mt. Everest. The climbers, either after conquering Mt. Everest or making an attempt to conquer it, leave behind their high-tech climbing equipment, plastics, food, tins, oxygen tanks, aluminum cans, clothes, glass, papers, tents especially in the vally. The Southeast Ridge, the most popular route has 6 base camp at the height of 17600 ft, has nearly 60 tons of trash since the first successful expedition.
A team of 20 Sherpa’s, will start the campaign on first of May from the South Col. Their target is to brig down nearly 3000 kilogram of trash, which consist of empty oxygen bottles, gas canisters, torn tents, ropes, and utensils. The team consist of experienced climbers and some of them has climbed the Everest several times.
“This is the first time we are cleaning at that height, the death zone. It is very difficult and dangerous,” said Sherpa, who has climbed Everest, the world’s tallest peak, seven times.
“The rubbish is creating problems for climbers … Some items of garbage are from Hillary’s time.”
The Nepalese government have recently tried to prevent dumping by withholding a $4,000 trash deposit from climbers who leave rubbish on the 29,028-foot peak. But there still a lot of waste up there from previous expeditions. Apart from that Eco Everest Expedition is holding its annual weigh and pay program at Everest Base Camp in an effort to keep the tallest mountain in the world free from trash. At the end of each day, everyone brings in all the trash they could find and weigh it. On the spot they get paid 100 rupees per kilogram.
