Clean-up of Mount Everest will take years, sherpa says

Rubbish collected en route to Mount Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling at a facility operated by Agni Ventures, an agency that manages recyclable waste, in Kathmandu, Nepal (Sanjog Manandhar/AP)

The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with rubbish that is going to take years to clean up, according to a sherpa who led a team that worked to clear litter and dig up dead bodies frozen for years near Mount Everest’s peak.

The Nepal government-funded team of soldiers and sherpas removed 11 tons of waste, four dead bodies and a skeleton from Everest during this year’s climbing season.