Mt. Everest to Get Less Garbagy
Where: Mt. Everest, Nepal
What's been called the world's biggest garbage dump will be getting some spring cleaning via a self-funded team of Asians and Europeans. The group hopes to bring down as much as five tons of cast-offs from previous climbs, some of them dating from all the way back in the 1950s. The materials up there include plastic, tents, canned food, and, yes, some of the corpses of the 180 of so people who have died during the climb. Related Stories:
· Clean-up mission on Everest [Guardian]
· From conquering to cleaning up [CS Monitor]
· Spring cleaning [CNN]
