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Poo bags and GPS trackers among new plans to fix overtourism on Everest
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOnce upon a time, climbing Mount Everest – known as Sagarmatha to the Sherpa people of Nepal – was...
Mount Everest, Still Mountaineering’s Most Coveted Prize
Outside via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Climbing This article is part of Climbing’s online archives...
'I don't think it has really set in': First all-Black team to summit Everest talk historic trek
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoWith headlamps on, stars above and ice below, they made their way up above the clouds to their goal:...
Inside the high-stakes, death-defying world of scaling Mt. Everest
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn April, 2013, a group of Sherpas, the iconic Nepalese mountain guides, hung off the side of the...
Climbers have turned Mount Everest into a high-altitude garbage dump, but sustainable solutions are...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTrash collected in a 2019 cleanup that removed 24,000 pounds (10,000 kilograms) of garbage from...
Everest climbers told to bring poo bags to summit as officials say mountains ‘stinking’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoEverest climbers will now be obliged to bring their excreta back to base camp in poo bags after...
From mandatory GPS trackers to poo bags: All the new rules for Everest climbers
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 months agoNepal has announced a new set of rules for mountaineers in the Himalayas, including one ordering...
Mount Everest Climbers Will Have to Start Taking Their Poop with Them amid Waste Problem
People via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe human waste is "polluting the mountain environment," said Diwas Pokhrel, the first vice...
Mount Everest has a poop problem. Now climbers are required to bag it.
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 3 months agoClimbers ascending Mount Everest will be expected to collect their poop in doggy bags and carry...
Nepali sherpa scales Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own record
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoA Nepalese sherpa scaled the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, for the 27th time on Wednesday,...