The commercial operations have led to the Everest being called the world’s highest garbage dump and place of tragedy. Elaborate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
· Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak at 8,848 metres, draws adventurers from all over.
· But the mountain on the Nepal-China border is fast becoming a dangerous place to visit even for the hardened mountaineer.
· This season, at least 10 climbers have died or gone missing, including four Indians.
· Experts have been calling for Nepal to restrict the number of permits.
· The commercial operations have led to the Everest being called the world’s highest garbage dump as many climbers discard non-critical gear and fail to clean up the mess.
· Waiting in sub-zero temperatures at the rarefied altitude can be fatal; this season’s deaths were mostly due to frostbite, exhaustion, dehydration and lack of oxygen.
· But the authorities must learn from this year’s tragedies and work out an optimum number of climbers and strengthen safety measures.
Initiative by Nepal
· The campaign is aimed at bringing back tonnes of trash from the world’s highest peak, which has lately turned into a “garbage dump”.
· This is the first time ever that all stakeholders have come together to clean up the world’s highest peak.
· The month-and-a-half clean-up campaign is supported by a number of governmental and non-governmental agencies.
· The campaign will conclude on May 29, the day marked every year to commemorate the first summit of Everest by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953.
· The collected waste will then be “showcased” in Namche town, before being ferried down to Kathmandu, where it will once again be showcased on World Environment Day on June 5.
