Mount Everest is covered in trash, human waste, and even bodies. A dedicated team of volunteers is tackling the problem.
Decades of climbing on the world's highest mountain have turned it into a very tall garbage dump, strewn with rubbish, human waste and even bodies.But a dedicated -- and impressively fit -- team of volunteers are tackling the problem by carrying out one of the world's most ambitious clean-ups, and it's seeing immediate results.Three metric tons of garbage have been collected from the mountain in just the first two weeks of the scheme, according to AFP.
Hide Caption 4 of 11 Photos: What happens to poop on Everest?Here the waste is dumped in open pits.Hide Caption 5 of 11 Photos: What happens to poop on Everest?But poop does not decompose at altitude in sub-zero temperatures. Instead it dries up and shrivels, releasing harmful gases, explains Porter.Hide Caption 6 of 11 Photos: What happens to poop on Everest? It can also potentially leak into the water supply system, he adds.
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