In fact, most of the waste that there is in the mountain dating from before 1996. The above-mentioned Government Regulation, which forces athletes to return with all the material that made the ascent and imposes penalties otherwise entered into force in that year. Unless specific permission of the Kathmandu City Council or other competent authorities, the climbers who violate the rules must pay a fine of $4,000, said Laxman Bhattarai, spokesman of the nepali Ministry of tourism and Civil Aviation. These penalties have achieved that today who step on Everest are butt with less waste by road, said a member of Eco Everest, Dawa Steven Sherpa. According to the Mountaineer, of mountain that coordinate international expeditions also have finished by raising more, aware that if not they act in a responsible manner, customers realize this and lose business. Which does not prevent that even some expeditions continue leaving part of their waste with impunity, because the control system is not so asset’scarryingamount as I would like, Bhattarai lamented. Although it is not clear how much trash is left today on Mount Everest, what does seem to be is that there are a good number of enthusiasts willing to try increasing this amount is less.
Until there is no more garbage we will continue cleaning, said Steven Sherpa. Eco Everest not only carries out actions of collection; It also launched a credit program for waste, destined for porters who daily ascend the mountain loaded with material to mount camps and returning with empty hands. ebsites. I thought that perhaps they could reduce something garbage, argued Steven Sherpa, who added per kilo are paid about 100 Nepali rupees (around 1.5 dollars). Steven Sherpa, who has crowned the Everest on two occasions, He maintained that the mountain is vulnerable and mountaineers should ensure that your visit does not have an impact on it. Source of the news: cleaning up the mother of mountains.