The trash problem first became evident in the ... was created during the pandemic to provide environmental solutions for Mount Everest and other fragile ecosystems around the world.

Mount Everest looks more like a landfill every year as crowds of adventurous climbers flock to its slopes. Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste, and each climber generates an average of 8 kilograms more. The Nepalese government spends $7.5 ...

With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from ...

The iceberg A23a has run aground on the wildlife-rich island of South Georgia, which could prevent penguins from accessing ...

K Expeditions will fix the ropes from Camp 2 to the summit of Everest. Owner Lakpa Sherpa spoke to ExplorersWeb about the ...

The trash problem first became evident in the 1980s and 1990s, when climbing on the mountain and trekking in Khumbu began to increase. Microplastics are everywhere: even on top of Mount Everest ...

Hundreds of climbers try to scale Mount Everest and several other Himalayan ... Regmi said cleaning campaigns were organized to collect garbage and rope fixing as well as other safety measures ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Starting in late 2025, the permit fee for climbing Mount Everest ... the sheer volume of waste and a lack of strict enforcement of disposal regulations. Everest’s thin air ...