Cleaning volunteers find four bodies on Mount Everest

[worldwatcher]

Cleaning volunteers find four bodies on Mount Everest

Fourteen volunteers currently cleaning up waste on Mount Everest encountered four bodies during their work. The climbers want to clean up 10,000 kilos of waste in 45 days, after two weeks the counter is at over 3,000 kilos.

Former chairman Ang Tshering Sherpa of the Nepalese mountaineering association NMA is not surprised that the group encountered bodies. According to her, global warming is causing more and more bodies to appear now that the snow is melting.

The highest mountain in the world is littered with cans, bottles, plastic and more, left behind by climbers trying to reach the 8,848 meter high summit. Since 1922, when the first victims were registered, more than two hundred climbers have died.

The volunteers receive help from a military helicopter to bring the waste down. The team reached the Nepalese base camp on Sunday, located at an altitude of 5.3 kilometers, but is also continuing the clean-up operation at higher altitudes.

Since 2011, the Nepalese government has been trying to reduce the amount of waste on the mountain, but the increasing flow of climbers makes achieving that goal difficult. From 2014 climbers have to pay a deposit, which they get back when they descend with at least 8 kilos of waste.

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[human]

So disgusting for a totally narcisstic activity

 

[ilovematt]

So disgusting for a totally narcisstic activity

Wait, what? Pushing the human body to its physical limit is disgusting? So, all Olympic athletes are disgusting? Para-Olympic athletes are disgusting? Plus, they’re all narcissists? C’mon.

 

[feelinghip]

I believe human is remarking on the disgusting mass amounts of waste left on the mountain by these climbers.
I also find it disgusting !

 

[human]

Wait, what? Pushing the human body to its physical limit is disgusting? So, all Olympic athletes are disgusting? Para-Olympic athletes are disgusting? Plus, they’re all narcissists? C’mon.

And here is why else I feel this is disgusting

Sherpa documentary examines tragedy and ethics on Mt Everest

 

[human]

Yum yum

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...me-bomb/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.39a93b6e37e3

 

[mickey2942]

And here is why else I feel this is disgusting

Sherpa documentary examines tragedy and ethics on Mt Everest

So true. People think that because they hike a bit, they can do Everest, usually narcissistic men who have more money than sense. And they exploit Sherpas to carry their equipment.

People who die on Everest are a reminder that money really is meaningless.

I read about a young woman, who died on Everest, she was with her husband, he wanted to "prove" that vegans could conquer Everest. Maybe they can recover her body for her parents, her husband left her there.

 

[moonriverfarm]

I read years ago that the amount of human waste at higher levels is nearly nil because there is nothing wasted by the body. Actually the body begins to eat itself in a way....so I would think the poop amount at lower elevations is the issue, not up past Camp 2 or 3. Nobody is going to drop trou in minus degrees with the wind speed and snow past Camp 3.

 

[TTF14]

And here is why else I feel this is disgusting

Sherpa documentary examines tragedy and ethics on Mt Everest

I'm not a climber and have no interest in it, but thanks for sharing. I'm gonna look this up.

 

[Gardenista]

I thought there were way more than 4 bodies up there. I love reading/watching Everest documentaries.

 

[Bugurl747]

@Gardenista I too love watching climbing documentaries.

I am sure many hopeful families are waiting to here if one of the four found is their beloved family member.

MOO

 

[glamourkitty1922]

There are over 200 bodies on Everest. I remember some are used as way points. I think
one was that there was a cave for shelter a few feet behind one body. What's Being Done About Trash (and Bodies) on Everest This Year.

 

[IceIce9]

There are over 200 bodies on Everest. I remember some are used as way points. I think
one was that there was a cave for shelter a few feet behind one body. What's Being Done About Trash (and Bodies) on Everest This Year.

One body on a ridge, wearing green boots, had been used as a landmark on the northeast route. “Green Boots” has been a landmark for more than 20 years.

 

[glamourkitty1922]

One body is wearing green boots, and had been used as a landmark for years.

Oh right, that's the one I vaguely remembered!

 

[Suglo]

One body on a ridge, wearing green boots, had been used as a landmark on the northeast route. “Green Boots” has been a landmark for more than 20 years.

I read many Everest blogs and can’t find it now but I remember reading something after last season that he was no longer there. The author wasn’t sure if he had finally been blown off the side by high winds or been buried by more snow than is normally there during the climbing season.

 

[IceIce9]

I read many Everest blogs and can’t find it now but I remember reading something after last season that he was no longer there. The author wasn’t sure if he had finally been blown off the side by high winds or been buried by more snow than is normally there during the climbing season.

This is an interesting (and sad) article about the man that became known as Green Boots.
The tragic tale of Mt Everest’s most famous dead body

 

[airportwoman]

I'm guessing that they recovered 4 bodies that they weren't looking for.

 

[Curiosity1234]

And here is why else I feel this is disgusting

Sherpa documentary examines tragedy and ethics on Mt Everest

Thank you human for the link. Porters carrying massive amounts of gear including flat screen TVs. I am surprised they allow that. Not exactly roughing it. Disgusting is right for many reasons.

 

[Curiosity1234]

One body on a ridge, wearing green boots, had been used as a landmark on the northeast route. “Green Boots” has been a landmark for more than 20 years.

Fascinating story about "Green Boots" and his family from beginning to end.

 

[Curiosity1234]

There are over 200 bodies on Everest. I remember some are used as way points. I think
one was that there was a cave for shelter a few feet behind one body. What's Being Done About Trash (and Bodies) on Everest This Year.

They should make each climber carry a net bag to bring as much of their own food wrappers, water bottles etc. back down. They'll pack a lot lighter I would think and it would cut down on the waste others have to clean up.