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Originally Posted by jumpy
An expedition to everest to clean the place up would be a better idea.
In Chris Bonnington's 'The Everest Years' he describes how both he and fellow climbers got dysentery at one of the higher camps from using snow and ice, to cook food and make drinks, that was contaminated with human faecal matter.
And that was way back in the 70's.
Never mind all of the kit and other general rubbish left behind on the mountain.
There may well have been romance and trepidation in the early years of mountain conquering - being the first, or at the very least, one of the few to die in the attempt - leaving behind the mystery of who, how and when. Not so much these days. Just like everywhere else human beings go in profusion; refuse.
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You have any idea how dangerous Everest is? It is literally a giant open graveyard littered with well over a hundred corpses of dead climbers in the death zone. There is one area called rainbow valley because of all the people who fell in there, making the place rainbow colored from the different colored snow suits they are wearing. To reach the summit you literally have to climb over the dead (or even dying sometimes) to do it.
Nova: Everest the Death Zone
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...82149157525822
http://gizmodo.com/5755875/abandoned-on-mt-everest
http://godheadv.blogspot.com/2010/04...n-everest.html
Now they have tried some expeditions to clean up a bit, like the one last year. But it is very difficult and extremely dangerous. It is hard enough just reaching the peak and surviving, let alone trying to clean up. If you can't go on and your in the death zone, you are dead.. as no one can help you (or they will die with you).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...ath-zone-clean