The world's highest mountain is buckling under the weight of its popularity. Thankfully, a few organizations have stepped in ...

Video of trash on Everest by guide Tenzi Sherpa ... base camp to bring back 18 pounds (8 kilograms) of solid waste from the mountain or forfeit a US$4,000 deposit. Of course, if you've paid ...

One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash. More from So Expensive Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste ...

We are scholars who study geoscience and mountain geography ... infrastructure to handle waste management, trash pickup, recycling and wastewater treatment. At Everest base camp, there are ...

according to 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 ...

It is estimated that more than fifty tonnes of waste and more than 200 bodies cover Everest ... clean-up of the mountain, which is often described as the world’s highest garbage dump, in ...

Climbers attempting to scale Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, will be ordered to buy poop bags and bring their waste back down with them for proper disposal, according to a new regulation.

This year, 29,448 people walked, ran or cycled to Linn County’s highest point, according to the Cedar Rapids-Linn County ...

Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so full of garbage that people have called it "the world's highest garbage dump." Nepal has tried all kinds of ...

Many mountaineers use open spaces as toilets on the higher camps of Everest ... human waste has been tried and tested on other mountains. "Mountaineers have been using such bags on Mount Denali ...

Simone is my hero. I met Simone Mora while climbing Mt. Everest in 2001. At base camp on Mt. Everest, Simone’s charming and enthusiastic attitude lightened the spirits of climbers taking on the ...