Sherpas on Mount Everest say the highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up. Read more here: http://apne.ws/yAZBT9m
KATHMANDU, Nepal — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, 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.
A Nepalese runs with his national flag during a marathon to mark the first conquest of Mount Everest, at Lobuche, near Everest base camp, Nepal, Monday, May 29, 2017. Nepal's mountaineering community is celebrating the first conquest of Everest and a successful climbing season in which hundreds of climbers scaled the world's highest peak. Monday is the 64th anniversary of the first successful climb of Everest by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa)
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FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2015, file photo, Mt. Everest is seen from the way to Kalapatthar in Nepal. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2015 file photo, trekkers rest at Everest Base Camp, Nepal. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
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FILE – In this Oct. 27, 2011 file photo, the last light of the day sets on Mount Everest as it rises behind Mount Nuptse as seen from Tengboche, in the Himalaya's Khumbu region, Nepal. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)
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FILE – In this April 27, 2015 file photo, a rescue chopper prepares to land, evacuating climbers from higher camps to Everest Base Camp, Nepal, following the April 25 earthquake. (AP Photo/Nima Namgyal Sherpa, File)
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In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 photo, the last light of the sun sets on Mount Everest, as seen from Pangboche, Nepal. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa)
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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2016, file photo, trekkers make their way to Dingboche, a popular Mount Everest base camp, in Pangboche, Nepal. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa, File)
