Footage published on social media shows Camp IV, the highest campsite on Earth, full of piles of rubbish left behind by climbing groups, with scores of worn-out yellow tents flapping in gale-force ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — The highest camp on the world’s tallest mountain is littered with garbage that is going to take years to clean up, according to a Sherpa who led a team that worked to clear trash ...

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal is urging climbers on Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, to help remove garbage from a camp abandoned two years ago after an earthquake triggered avalanches killing ...

Since Edmund Hillary's ascent of Mt Everest in 1953, approximately 35,000 trekkers and 80,000 porters have visited the region each year leaving behind a total of 50 tons of waste. If it was all piled ...