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Helicopters slash the trek to Earth’s highest peak, but leave Sherpas grounded
(The mountain can also be scaled from the Chinese side, in Tibet, where it’s known as Qomolangma.) Companies also offer chartered flights starting from $5,000 that go even higher than Base Camp, to ...
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What Happens to Mount Everest's Over 110,000 Pounds of Waste?
One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness ... The Nepalese government spends $7.5 million yearly on the Mountain Clean-up Campaign, retrieving dozens of tons of waste from Mount ...
‘Helicopter tourists’ to Everest Base Camp skip Himalayan trek, leave sherpas grounded
The commercialised operations are costing the mountain community precious livelihood, eroding their cultural way of life and ...
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SPCC team meets Nepal's envoy, takes part in cleaning, training events in South Korea
High-level officials and icefall doctors of the Sagarmatha pollution Control Committee, who are currently in South Korea for ...
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Helicopters slash the trek to Earth’s highest peak, but leave Sherpas grounded
Trekkers and their guides at a stop on the Sagarmatha trail. Image by Shashwat Pant. Also left out of this aviation boom are local Sherpa women, who play a critical role in managing the mountain ...