Waste on Everest is often treated as ‘out of sight, out of mind’ – discarded into the nearest receptacle and promptly forgotten. For several years, there have been calls for the government to intervene with a waste management system in the region. However, the main underlying question today is, how much waste is really in the region today?
Category:
Mountains
-
-
Everest dominates the stunning Himalayan panorama seen from the Geu-la (almost 5200m) between Old Tingri and EBC, Tibet At 4:30 am one…
-
In 1924 George Leigh Mallory stated, “the highest of the world’s mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of…
-
This 10-day long trek was a genuinely laborious but spiritual experience. It pushed me out of my comfort zone, broke all my limitations and its made a special home in my heart forever.
-
The Houston-Westland, flown by Douglas Douglas-Hamilton and Stewart Blacker approached Mt Everest and Balloons landed just above Gokyo Lake.