HELLO WORLD : Everest trash for sixty years

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For 60 years, the climber dump their waste equipment and time to the top of Everest, especially in the "death zone" of low oxygen at an altitude above 8,000 meters. Here, shed a few pounds of default will save precious energy.In recent years, the melting ice show oxygen tank and other devices that freeze. Although each year the tons of garbage removed from the base camp, spring of last year the group Extreme Everest Expedition and Eco Everest Expedition from Nepal down seven tons of garbage from the areas above, including the helicopter that fell in 1973.Residents also undertake to collect the bodies in this holy mountain. Since 1996, about 80 climbers died on top of base camp. In last May, the bodies of citizens of Switzerland and Russia moved along a pair of arms not identified, one berarloji. Long been considered to transport the bodies are not logistically feasible, said Linda McMillan of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation. However, since the traffic on Everest has increased, the desire to clean it grew stronger.
Caption:Sherpa on Mount Evrest sorting plastic waste, metal, and biodegradable materials.
By Peter GwinPhoto by Cory Richards

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