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Melting glaciers reveal Everest bodies
Expedition operators are concerned at the number of climbers' bodies that are becoming exposed on Mount Everest as its glaciers melt. Nearly 300 mountaineers have died on the peak since the first ascent attempt and two-thirds of bodies are thought still to be buried in the snow and ice. Bodies are being removed on the Chinese side of the mountain, to the north, as the spring climbing season starts.
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Army removes two tons of waste from Everest
The Nepal Army (NA) has lifted two tons of non bio-degradable waste from the Mt Everest region under its Mount Everest cleanup campaign. The cleanup campaign was conducted as part of the Wildlife Week organized by the Sagarmatha National Park Office. According to the NA, the cleanup campaign was started from April 14, 2019 in coordination with various governmental and non-governmental organizations. Earlier, the NA had also flown 2.5 tons of logistical supplies needed for the campaign to Namche from Kathmandu by helicopters.
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Tons of trash removed from Everest as cleanup unearths bodies
Mount Everest is covered in trash. Decades of climbing on the world's highest mountain have turned it into a very tall garbage dump, strewn with rubbish, human waste and even bodies. But a dedicated -- and impressively fit -- team of volunteers are tackling the problem by carrying out one of the world's most ambitious clean-ups, and it's seeing immediate results.
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American dies on Mount Everest due to a traffic jam of climbers
A crowded bottleneck held up his descent.
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Three more die on Everest amid overcrowding
Three more climbers have died on Mount Everest, taking the death toll to seven in a week - more than the total for the whole of last year. The three died of exhaustion while descending on Thursday. It comes amid traffic jams near the summit as record numbers make the ascent, despite calls to limit the number of climbing permits. Nepal has issued 381 permits at $11,000 (£8,600) each for the spring climbing season at the world's highest peak.
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Alpine climbing routes crumble as climate crisis continues
High up in the French Alps, the climbers who spend their days on the rocks and glaciers have come to a grim conclusion: the mountains are crumbling around them.
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Nepal bans single-use plastics in Everest region
Nepal will make the Everest region a plastic-free zone by 2020 by banning single-use plastics, a move that will curb excessive pollution on the highest point of the Earth’s surface. The executive council of Khumbu Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality in Solukhumbu district reached this decision on Wednesday, the Efe news reported.
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Ten Tons of Trash Removed from Mount Everest
“Waste doesn’t need to be wasted,” Nabin Bikash Maharjan of local recycling organisation Blue Waste to Value (BW2V) told AFP. We received a mix of materials from Everest — aluminium, glass, plastic, iron — much of which could be recycled,” he explained, adding: “We need to up-cycle and add value to them.”
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Why Climbing Mt. Everest Gives People Weird Boners
We spoke to a mountaineer about the effect high altitude has on blood pressure... and dicks.
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How Mount Everest became a multimillion-dollar business
Growing crowds have turned the world’s tallest mountain into a valuable commercial asset. But where’s all the money going?
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Microplastics found 8,440m up in Mount Everest's 'Death Zone'
The samples were taken on the trekking routes close to the Khumbu Glacier, at Everest Base Camp, and high into the "Death Zone".
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Climbing the Himalaya With Soldiers, Spies, Lamas and Mountaineers
“Himalaya: A Human History,” by Ed Douglas, a journalist and climber, unfolds the story of the world’s highest mountain range and its equally outsize impact on mankind.
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Everest’s highest glacier has lost 2,000 years of ice in 30 years
The surprising finding that Earth’s highest ice may be gone in decades is “a real wake-up call.” Climate change has arrived decisively at the roof of the world on Mount Everest: The highest glacier on the highest mountain on Earth is losing decades worth of ice every year, according to a new study by researchers who extracted an ice core from the glacier.
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