[Damo]

Mount Everest has long been a rubbish dump, made by those who do not care to lug the tents, oxygen bottles, ropes and cookers back home after they no longer need them.

Well, it seems the Nepalese people are wanting to clean it up and return it to a sacred mountain. Future climbers may be made to pay a hefty deposit which they get back if they return with their trash.

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Absolutely brilliant news.

 

[IH8Rice]

i cant believe they havent done this before. from the pics ive seen, the place looks like a garbage dump.
its good to see they are bringing back some lost climbers. its always been my dream to try and climb Everest.

 

[eaterofdog]

I guess if your gonna be handling bodies, frozen ones are preferable.

 

[sanjuro]

I would just throw all the crap onto China side of the mountain. Think of it as payback.

 

[stevew]

Close it to honkies.

Problem solved.

 

[Damo]

But climbing is a honky's sport... Who will then climb it?

 

[eaterofdog]

For sure, you don't see a bunch of self-absorbed brown folk lining up to die.

 

[BurlyShirley]

That would suck if they bring down all the bodies.
I thought passing failure corpses was part of the ambiance of the whole adventure.

 

[jonKranked]

That would suck if they bring down all the bodies.
I thought passing failure corpses was part of the ambiance of the whole adventure.

yea its motivation..... to not be the dead guy.

 

[MMike]

I would so draw mustaches and glasses on their faces. And maybe put them in funny poses to give the next people to come by a chuckle.....maybe sitting behind a lemonade stand or a shoe-shine booth or something.

 

[eaterofdog]

I would so draw mustaches and glasses on their faces. And maybe put them in funny poses to give the next people to come by a chuckle.....maybe sitting behind a lemonade stand or a shoe-shine booth or something.

A battered, frozen body in a funny party hat.

 

[X3pilot]

I would so draw mustaches and glasses on their faces. And maybe put them in funny poses to give the next people to come by a chuckle.....maybe sitting behind a lemonade stand or a shoe-shine booth or something.

or a Mountaineering Course booth

 

[MMike]

 

[reflux]

I think it was Nike that had a long-standing program to pay climbers for removing spent oxygen canisters from the mountain. Were they still doing this?

 

[Da Peach]

I would so draw mustaches and glasses on their faces. And maybe put them in funny poses to give the next people to come by a chuckle.....maybe sitting behind a lemonade stand or a shoe-shine booth or something.

 

[jimmydean]

I think it was Nike that had a long-standing program to pay climbers for removing spent oxygen canisters from the mountain. Were they still doing this?

I think it was only for the Nike branded tanks, and maybe the Marlboro (bought with Marlboro miles, of course) ones, too.