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Top of Mt. Everest to Be Cleaned Up for First Time

Top of Mt. Everest to Be Cleaned Up for First Time
A team of 20 Nepalese Sherpas is planning to clean up rubbish and bring the bodies of dead climbers down from the top of Mount Everest -- the first clean up of its kind at such an altitude.

A team of 20 Nepalese Sherpas is planning to clean up rubbish and bring the bodies of dead climbers down from the top of Mount Everest — the first clean up of its kind at such an altitude.

The dangerous expedition will set off from the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, this weekend. Seven-times Everest climber Namgyal Sherpa is running the expedition, allowing each of the climbers to haul 45 pounds of trash down the mountain.

(READ the story from the BBC)

 

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