Garbage left by mountaineers on the floor of Everest Mountain keeps picking up over the years.
As the 2024 Himalayan mountaineering season gets underway, another high-altitude project is in the works which is removing tons of trash from Mount Everest, according to a report from CNN.
According to the Nepali army, the Mountain Cleanup Campaign collected 110 tons of waste between 2019, when the program commenced through 2023.
The army, which conducts the cleanup initiative in partnership with the multinational brand Unilever, will head up the campaign again this year. Twelve members of the military, supported by 18 Sherpas, will arrive at Everest Base Camp on April 14 to begin the work, the report said.
In addition to removing an estimated 10 tons of garbage, the army said in a statement that they plan to bring five dead bodies off of the mountain. These bodies are of climbers who perished while attempting to summit the world’s highest peak, it was explained.
In 2023, 12 climbers were confirmed to have died on Everest, with an additional five still officially unaccounted for.
Currently, the majority of those who try to climb the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) Himalayan peak do so via Nepal.
Last year, the Nepali government gave out a record-high 478 Everest hiking permits. However, that is not the total number of people who will be on the mountain, as Sherpa guides, support staffers and others are present with climbing groups.
As a result, overcrowding and trash have been two of the biggest problems plaguing Everest in recent years.
One of the biggest environmental issues has been human waste.
Clean-up Campaign Team at Work. Photo: Handouts
The 2024 climbing season will be the first to require all climbers to use government-distributed poop bags and bring their waste back down with them from the higher mountain camps.
“Each person produces 250 grams (8.8 ounces) of excrement a day and they will spend two weeks on the higher camps for the summit push,” Diwas Pokhrel, first vice president of Everest Summiteers Association, told CNN last month.
In addition, 2024 will be the first time that all Everest climbers are issued tracking chips, which can aid in search and rescue missions.
尼泊爾山地清理運動小組清除珠穆朗瑪峰上的垃圾和遺骸
根據美國有線電視新聞網 (CNN) 報道，隨著 2024 年喜馬拉雅登山季節的到來，另一個高海拔項目正在進行中，該項目正在清除珠穆朗瑪峰上的大量垃圾。
據尼泊爾軍方稱，山地清理運動從 2019 年開始到 2023 年期間收集了 110 噸垃圾。
與跨國品牌聯合利華合作進行清理行動的軍隊今年將再次領導這項活動。 報道稱，12 名軍人在 18 名夏爾巴人的支持下將於 4 月 14 日抵達珠穆朗瑪峰大本營開始工作。
軍方在聲明中表示，除了清除約 10 噸垃圾外，他們還計劃從山上運走 5 具屍體。 據解釋，這些屍體是在試圖登頂世界最高峰時遇難的登山者。
2023 年，有 12 名登山者被確認在珠穆朗瑪峰死亡，另有 5 名登山者仍下落不明。
目前，大多數嘗試攀登 8,849 公尺（29,032 英尺）喜馬拉雅山峰的人都是取道尼泊爾。
去年，尼泊爾政府發放了創紀錄的478張珠穆朗瑪峰登山許可證。 然而，這並不是登山的總人數，因為登山隊中有夏爾巴嚮導、支援人員和其他人員。
因此，過度擁擠和垃圾成為近年來困擾珠穆朗瑪峰的兩個最大問題。
最大的環境問題之一是人類排泄物。
2024 年登山季將首次要求所有登山者使用政府分發的糞便袋，並將排泄物從較高的山區營地帶回。
珠穆朗瑪峰登頂者協會第一副主席迪瓦斯·波赫雷爾（Diwas Pokhrel）上個月對CNN 表示：「每個人每天產生250 克（8.8 盎司）的排泄物，他們將在較高的營地度過兩週的時間以進行登頂。”
此外，2024 年將首次向所有珠穆朗瑪峰登山者發放追蹤晶片，以協助執行搜救任務。
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