Nepal official says human waste on Everest a major problem

[yuiyoshida]

Source: AP NEWS



KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The chief of Nepal’s mountaineering association says human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world’s highest peak.

Ang Tshering told reporters Tuesday that the more than 700 climbers and guides who spend nearly two months on Everest’s slopes each climbing season leave large amounts of feces and urine, and the issue has not been addressed. He said Nepal’s government needs to get the climbers to dispose of the waste properly so the mountain remains pristine.

Hundreds of foreign climbers attempt to scale Everest during Nepal’s mountaineering season, which began this week and runs through May. Last year’s season was canceled after 16 local guides were killed in an avalanche in April.

Read more: http://asiancorrespondent.com/131091/nepal-official-says-human-waste-on-everest-a-major-problem/

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Like ethical hikers they need to "pack in - pack out"

[ColesCountyDem]

2. Exactly what I was thinking.

It's what my folks taught us.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. Or they could set up composting toilets along the route.

[FSogol]

8. Mt. Rainier has glacier toilets at their high camps.

The sun light reflecting off glaciers cooks the compost much quicker than a composting toilet. They fly the waste out a few times a year.

[GOLGO 13]

11. That is "Green Boots"

He's used as a "marker" by other climbers. He's been identified but he's referred to as "Green Boots".

[snooper2]

18. what are those orange tubes? looks like salami?

surprised nobody has grabbed it

[Frank Cannon]

20. I think they're oxygen tanks.

Poor dude.

[AllyCat]

17. Yeah, the Sherpas don't take them out. Frozen cemetery.

[peace13]

21. I'm sorry but this needs a warning.

It brings me to tears that a body can be displayed with such disregard for dignity and respect. This was a person, with family and friends. So sad that we can sit and discuss the attire without a thought to the person that was!

[2naSalit]

6. What I don't inderstand is

why weren't they already doing this pack it in, pack it out practice. I mean, how long has that been an established practice (in the US at least)?

[closeupready]

14. Same poor upbringing which produced the archetypical Gwyneth Paltrow.

IMHO.

[valerief]

5. Man, you should see the pollution left by man BELOW the mountain! nt

[heaven05]

7. just ruin everything

why dontcha!!!!!!! geez

[mountain grammy]

9. When hiking or kayaking through wilderness

we "pack it in and pack it out" like others on this thread have noted. Must be Republican climbers leaving parts of themselves behind.. just kidding, ok not really.

[dembotoz]

10. don't eat yellow snow

[tclambert]

12. According to Senator Snowball, since God made the mountain, man can't contaminate it.

That was one of Sen. Inhofe's thoughts on why people can't cause global warming. He says humans do not have the power to alter God's creation.

[NV Whino]

13. I think they should severely limit climbing on the highest peaks anyway.

Okay, fire away.

[packman]

15. Repost of pix

of climbers on their way to the top of Everest-or at least trying. When I posted it I thought, " I wonder where they crap and piss at".

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[dixiegrrrrl]

19. A traffic jam on Everest.......amazing.

One thing I never got was, back in the day climbing Everest was considered a remarkable feat, and headlines blared someone's success.
But no one mentioned the Sherpa guides and packers who went up the mountain along with the headlined "hero".

[AllyCat]

16. Outdoor Ethics: pack in/pack out

But that means the Sherpas will be carrying it.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. That's some cold shit, that is.