Climbers clean up trash from Everest
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
A TEAM led by Japanese mountaineer Ken Noguchi collected about 500 kilogrammes of rubbish during an annual clean up at the world's highest peak, the climber said Monday.
The trash included tins, old tents, old food and medicines, he said, adding that some of the garbage will be displayed in his home country to raise awareness to keep the mountain clean. "We launched our cleaning campaign from northern side this year and the team successfully collected 500 kilogrammes of garbage from the Advance Base Camp located at 6400m and brought it down to Base Camp at 5200m," Noguchi said.
Noguchi, who started the Everest cleanup campaign in 2000 said that the 8,848-metre mountain has become " cleaner". It is the fifth time he has led a cleaning team at Mt Everest and has so far collected nearly nine tonnes of rubbish.
AFP
The trash included tins, old tents, old food and medicines, he said, adding that some of the garbage will be displayed in his home country to raise awareness to keep the mountain clean. "We launched our cleaning campaign from northern side this year and the team successfully collected 500 kilogrammes of garbage from the Advance Base Camp located at 6400m and brought it down to Base Camp at 5200m," Noguchi said.
Noguchi, who started the Everest cleanup campaign in 2000 said that the 8,848-metre mountain has become " cleaner". It is the fifth time he has led a cleaning team at Mt Everest and has so far collected nearly nine tonnes of rubbish.
AFP
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