But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt. Everest's slopes in the decades since ...

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 ...

Avid hikers dream about climbing Mount Everest. But one video that surfaced on Reddit is causing a bigger conversation about the human impact on the tallest mountain in the world. The video shows ...

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 ...

Each year, Nepali troops also undertake a massive cleanup effort on Everest and nearby mountains. Last year, they removed an estimated ten metric tons of garbage from Mount Everest, Mount Lhotse ...

The new measures aim to address garbage pollution with mandatory waste ... a 36 per cent increase in permit fees for climbing Mount Everest, raising the total amount from $11,000 to $15,000.

Regmi said cleaning campaigns were organized to collect garbage and rope fixing as well as other safety measures were undertaken regularly. Climbers returning from the Everest say the mountain is ...

The first successful ascent of Everest was made on May ... Despite its awe-inspiring views, the mountain has earned the nickname of "the world’s highest garbage dump." Hikers say the terrain ...

The price to climb Mount Everest will soon increase for the first ... which is often described as the world's highest garbage dump. In that time at least five clean-ups have collected 119 tonnes ...