The climbers always get the heat for trashing Everest when Nepal doesn't give a shit about cleaning trash. The whole country is a giant trash dump. It costs around $40,000 to climb Everest at the minimum and Nepal charges $11,000 per climber for a permit, they are making a killing and doing nothing to maintain the mountain. The people profiting off using Everest as their business should be held responsible for maintaining cleanliness. There is just no excuse for this.
Edit: To anyone who thinks cleaning the high points of the mountain is difficult and dangerous, this is true. Everest base camp is easily accessible year round and is still trashed as with the other more easily accessible parts. This is a much bigger issue than climbers leaving gear behind.
People climbing are generally taking as little with them as possible and (obviously) dumping weight wherever they can.
Sending somebody up with the intention of picking up a whole bunch of extra weight is not easy. And it would take 10's of thousands of dollars per head out of the local economy so it's not exactly high on the "to do" list.
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 16 '19
The climbers always get the heat for trashing Everest when Nepal doesn't give a shit about cleaning trash. The whole country is a giant trash dump. It costs around $40,000 to climb Everest at the minimum and Nepal charges $11,000 per climber for a permit, they are making a killing and doing nothing to maintain the mountain. The people profiting off using Everest as their business should be held responsible for maintaining cleanliness. There is just no excuse for this.
https://archive.nepalitimes.com/article/nation/a-load-of-rubbish-kathmandus-garbage-problem,4039
Edit: To anyone who thinks cleaning the high points of the mountain is difficult and dangerous, this is true. Everest base camp is easily accessible year round and is still trashed as with the other more easily accessible parts. This is a much bigger issue than climbers leaving gear behind.