What Happens To Mount Everest's Over 110,000 Pounds Of Waste? | Inside Everest | Business Insider

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  • Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste, and each climber generates an average of 8 kilograms more. The Nepalese government spends $7.5 million yearly on the Mountain Clean-up Campaign, retrieving dozens of tons of waste from Mount Everest and nearby peaks. But it's still not enough to deal with the seemingly insurmountable trash problem. One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash.
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    00:00 - Intro
    00:42 - Turning Trash Into Art
    00:58 - How Waste Travels Down Everest
    02:33 - Landfill Sorting
    03:25 - Carry Me Back
    04:49 - MOWARE Design
    06:03 - The Climber's Challenge
    07:04 - Fees & Mandates
    10:07 - Nepali Government Response
    10:35 - The Impact
    12:14 - Locals Worry For The Future Of Everest
    13:10 - Credits
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  • @aaronho1914
    @aaronho1914 Před 3 měsíci +3516

    I'm surpised that there are people out there who attempt to climb Everest who dont have the mindset of carrying out their own waste other than poop and pee.

    • @trader2137
      @trader2137 Před 3 měsíci +155

      you pay massive fee to get permit to climb the mountain, nepalese goverment has all the money to clean the mountain themselves... also its sherpas job to maintain the mountain (dont bother replying to me, im not reading that, you're repeating what others said before you lol). Nepalese officials take bribes for issuing permits, up the fees every year & number of permits etc. they have ALL the resources, but decide to pocket money. Also nepal is very dirty because its citizens just throw trash out the window

    • @DevduttShenoi
      @DevduttShenoi Před 3 měsíci +453

      ​@@trader2137it ain't only the sherpa's job. They are only responsible for the waste they generate, not that of their customers, they are already burdened with a really dangerous job as their only source of good income, the economy of Nepal is very fragile and tourism dependent, so the permits you speak of aren't really that much for the government to rely on.

    • @birdness
      @birdness Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@trader2137pack it in. Pack it out.

    • @Propain4eva
      @Propain4eva Před 3 měsíci +88

      Pooping on Everest's peak is now my dream. Most magnificent number 2 ever 🗿

    • @develentsai3215
      @develentsai3215 Před 3 měsíci +41

      This is not your ordinary school trip to Yellowstone, This is Everest everyone is worrying how to come down alive!

  • @_robustus_
    @_robustus_ Před 3 měsíci +2282

    Entrance fee should be raised to cover clean up and employ locals. If the rich tourists don’t like it, they can go climb somebody else’s mountain…

    • @ANT-jm4qx
      @ANT-jm4qx Před 3 měsíci +80

      There's already a fine for leaving trash on Everest but the rich just factor it into their budget

    • @ericresh3268
      @ericresh3268 Před 3 měsíci +98

      @@ANT-jm4qx Add jail time and the problem will disappear instantly.

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 Před 3 měsíci +44

      @@ericresh3268 As will the tourists and the money they bring.

    • @ericresh3268
      @ericresh3268 Před 3 měsíci

      @@glennwatson3313 Na dude the people that climb Everest are delusional rich people. They will just pay someone to hike their garbage out.

    • @ericresh3268
      @ericresh3268 Před 3 měsíci

      @@glennwatson3313 Na the people that climb Everest are delusional rich idiots. They will just pay someone to hike their garbage out.

  • @jomama5186
    @jomama5186 Před 3 měsíci +9

    I am disgusted that people pay all that money and insult that mountain by littering and defacating all over it ! I am happy to hear something good is coming from it.

  • @aaronnowak5632
    @aaronnowak5632 Před 3 měsíci +84

    One of my joys when travelling or on foot is leaving beautiful areas as I found them. Taking all waste with us. I don't understand the level of ignorance when people litter such spaces. Glad to see some awareness brought towards this.

    • @davebrookbank4831
      @davebrookbank4831 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Well the climbers will say it is to hard to carry out their trash, I say if that is true then DON'T go. Pack it out or DONT go. Simple

    • @Killjoy_Mel
      @Killjoy_Mel Před měsícem

      It's almost satisfying on a playful, resource-hoarding way. It's immensely satisfying to put together a kit that produces very little waste, and it's equally satisfying to collect it after yourself and see a clean campsite, like hell yeah, my planning was so good, I left the place practically pristine! What joy do people get out of leaving their crap behind? One last look at the campsite, seeing your filth in there, does it make you feel good? Have fond memories? What's going on in their heads?

  • @Stewalebeth
    @Stewalebeth Před 3 měsíci +1833

    The people who climb mt Everest for fun have money - they don’t care what happens to anyone but themselves in any given moment.

    • @tyc1Z.Z1
      @tyc1Z.Z1 Před 3 měsíci +33

      Tourism generates revenue for the Govt & trash for the locals. Locals trying to responsibly dispose trash is like catching a tiger by the tail -- literally impossible.

    • @amourflower9893
      @amourflower9893 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Selfishness

    • @blkmike1818
      @blkmike1818 Před 3 měsíci

      its easy to catch a tiger by the tail if you use a gun just sayin@@tyc1Z.Z1

    • @andreacalkins5189
      @andreacalkins5189 Před 3 měsíci +8

      @@tyc1Z.Z1 If the sherpa's really cared about their mountain, they'd close it down to tourists. Refuse to guide anyone up the mountain. Oh wait, can't do that, that's their livelihood! Don't complain.

    • @ameliazM
      @ameliazM Před 3 měsíci +5

      I like this. Anyone climbing Mt Everest should read this.

  • @fintan9218
    @fintan9218 Před 3 měsíci +529

    Rich people always leave out that sherpas carried all the heavy equipment and held their hands the whole way when they brag about climbing mt everest.

    • @rainaflores779
      @rainaflores779 Před 3 měsíci +6

      CORRECTION: IT IS CALLED MOUNTAIN CHOMOLUNGMA

    • @oppai.dragon
      @oppai.dragon Před 3 měsíci

      It's called Sagarmatha ​@rainaflores779

    • @scubby1080
      @scubby1080 Před 3 měsíci +4

      So true.

    • @roserocks1979
      @roserocks1979 Před 3 měsíci +11

      That one lady was carried by the sherpas.

    • @user-lf2kk2rj8k
      @user-lf2kk2rj8k Před 3 měsíci +4

      Well that’s how the Sherpas earn a living. What else are the Sherpas going to do for living in that frozen north ?

  • @jankees4037
    @jankees4037 Před 2 měsíci +14

    Much respect for the people cleaning up garbage. I do that here locally myself as well.

  • @strawburryycake834
    @strawburryycake834 Před 3 měsíci +4

    all of the people in this video looked so sweet and happy

  • @aye3678
    @aye3678 Před 3 měsíci +1138

    How selfish can you be to just throw your trash around like that! Shame on anyone that does that.

    • @trader2137
      @trader2137 Před 3 měsíci +13

      you pay massive fee to get permit to climb the mountain, nepalese goverment has all the money to clean the mountain themselves... also its sherpas job to maintain the mountain

    • @theilluminatibenefactor
      @theilluminatibenefactor Před 3 měsíci +123

      @@trader2137 It doesn't excuse people to blatantly disregard their trash anywhere, specifically on MOUNT EVEREST.

    • @x-tr-ip-py-x755
      @x-tr-ip-py-x755 Před 3 měsíci +68

      ​@@trader2137This ist not an excuse tho to trash the environment

    • @Jacks_the_Lab
      @Jacks_the_Lab Před 3 měsíci

      People with monney dont care about environnement... They shovel that problem to the poor to pay for.... But they will be more than please to take your greenwashing monney of ecocrap they will sell you

    • @Jaber1One
      @Jaber1One Před 3 měsíci +40

      ​@trader2137 so what? it's a small fine for rich people who can afford to leave trash so it's okay? Bad take

  • @ObamAmerican48
    @ObamAmerican48 Před 3 měsíci +645

    I'm a Coloradoan, native and lived here my whole life. The rule is PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT. I realize Everest is a little "taller" than our Rockies, but the rules for people who traverse the mountains remain the same. We have a duty to take care of our planet, including our majestic mountains, every continent. If you're planning, PLANNING, to leave trash and 💩 behind you don't deserve to climb that mountain. Figure it out.

  • @kellwng
    @kellwng Před 3 měsíci +3

    I believe if you are not going to remove the trash you brought up with you you should pay the local community for the retrieving of the trash.

  • @aribaariba8609
    @aribaariba8609 Před 3 měsíci +3

    You know what they should control ? the amount of people go there everyday. There should be a type of system where people cant just hike up the mountain whenever they want, there should be a appointment system to monitor and limit the amount of people that hikes every day.

  • @mattd1380
    @mattd1380 Před 3 měsíci +268

    I love how sherpas are the ones who have to clean up and are the ones who get fined financially. What a horrible scape goat. These guys do everything for these people and they have even more pressure put on them

    • @lc4011
      @lc4011 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Unconscionable!!!!

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Then don't agree to do exactly that job for that amount of pay if it's not a good deal... Saying you agree to do X job and not doing it or even being able to = you're a liar, then, and a fraud. Don't lie.

    • @adrienneclarke3953
      @adrienneclarke3953 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ​@gavinjenkins899 have seen other documentaries where the Sherpas are essentially blackmailed for payment. They depend on reputation to get their places on the expeditions and some have spoken about the pressure this puts on them in doing what the leaders ask...not just trash, but in coming back to help rescue climbers from other groups.

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci

      @@adrienneclarke3953 blackmailed with what?

    • @adrienneclarke3953
      @adrienneclarke3953 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @gavinjenkins899 not getting jobs with the better paying expeditions, not getting bonuses. There is a long documentary specifically about Sherpa that talks about it.

  • @jeansherwood2428
    @jeansherwood2428 Před 3 měsíci +251

    When I saw BI doing a series on Everest, I hoped they would address the trash issue. This was better than I expected.

    • @BusinessInsider
      @BusinessInsider  Před 3 měsíci +19

      Thanks for watching!

    • @Monkeycmokeydo
      @Monkeycmokeydo Před 3 měsíci +4

      If it wasn't for these good people looking after Mt Everests pollution, where would the selfish rich pollute next!?

    • @Monkeycmokeydo
      @Monkeycmokeydo Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@karlwithak. How izat dumb?! Ur comment is dumb! Lighting a fire up there can be catastrophic to the natural environment.

    • @nahor88
      @nahor88 Před měsícem

      @@BusinessInsider That piece about the forever chemicals now being found in the water hit hard. Northern India relies on those waters to grow the massive amount of crops to feed their huge population. Expect cases of cancer to rise as time goes on...

  • @davidreed3357
    @davidreed3357 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow. So much for respecting the mountains.

  • @airzillarocks
    @airzillarocks Před 3 měsíci +9

    It's been done, a lot: Since 1953, there have been 11,996 summits of Everest through January 2024, on all routes, by 6,664 different people. The waste fees should be amped up exponentially. Current "deposit" incentive of $4k for 8kgs is nothing for these expeditions and many forgo the deposit without one ounce of environmental concern.

  • @zonuphaon
    @zonuphaon Před 3 měsíci +170

    I remember commenting on a smug climbing influencer post on IG regarding this waste issue. Instantly met with retaliation from all climbers saying they carry bags specifically for waste. I certainly appreciate those who do and they deserve all the praise in the world, it's just that there are overwhelming evidence that isn't happening at least in some cases

    • @liamcd123
      @liamcd123 Před 3 měsíci +31

      Idk if they deserve praise - carrying out your waste should be the norm and an expectation.

    • @mayahawj3852
      @mayahawj3852 Před 3 měsíci

      Whitney is no Everest but people don’t even carry their own waste down from there. Those who’s retaliating are probably the ones who are the problems .

    • @NoxiousNoodles
      @NoxiousNoodles Před 3 měsíci

      Leaving no trace is not deserving of praise. It is expected the world over. The filthy twats who do not make the effort deserve an awful lot of criticism - shouldn't get another permit again.
      Then again, all too often they only care about Everest and the gram post.

    • @lc4011
      @lc4011 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Apparently MOST cases...the climbers that pack it out are very, very few and/or lying.

    • @peterbellek1791
      @peterbellek1791 Před 3 měsíci +6

      With Everest it’s mostly rich people who buy their way to the summit with the help of sherpas doing the heavy lifting for them, I work in the outdoor industry and I do a lot of hiking, skiing, biking and climbing and anyone who doesn’t bring out their waste is an asshole. Period.

  • @gsurveil1
    @gsurveil1 Před 3 měsíci +455

    It's not the locals that are trashing the highest mountain in the world so let's take a guess on who the culprits are.

    • @tyc1Z.Z1
      @tyc1Z.Z1 Před 3 měsíci +16

      The people with the money to afford the climb. Mostly people who in their own country wld not throw trash in the open & wld even pick up the poop of their pet in public places

    • @thatundeadlegacy2985
      @thatundeadlegacy2985 Před 3 měsíci +18

      Americans

    • @funafull1
      @funafull1 Před 3 měsíci

      @@thatundeadlegacy2985shutcho dumbass up

    • @anthonygarcia8632
      @anthonygarcia8632 Před 3 měsíci +2

      You have to hire a local to even do the climb so all that garbage recycling should be in the price the guide charges since they charge so much and its the locals that are just leaving the trash there they are taking the money and adding to the trash

    • @RehabProjectSRCB
      @RehabProjectSRCB Před 3 měsíci +30

      ​@@thatundeadlegacy2985Ah the American hater. No it is not Americans. It's people from the entire world, Russia, China, Britain, France, Germany, etc, and yes Mexico, America and Canada.

  • @brianmclean6293
    @brianmclean6293 Před 3 měsíci

    Great article! Thanks

  • @tomwi_since2015
    @tomwi_since2015 Před 3 měsíci +15

    The fact that this mountain is accessible to “mass tourism” in a kind of mountain tour is absolutely stupid. There should be much stricter requirements and minimum requirements for every individual who wants to climb this mountain. And for every pound of waste that you create, everyone should be charged a certain amount that is necessary for the laborious disposal or recycling in this remote area. And last but not least, you should set an upper limit of possible ascents per year - season. Which probably won't happen since this mountain is now a profitable business

    • @NicholasWHaley7
      @NicholasWHaley7 Před 9 dny

      They do have limits. It is not “mass” tourism. It’s like $60,000 to do It. Part of that is simply a permit to the government. Less than 7,000 people did it in 2023. Does that sound like “mass” tourism? Maybe we have different understanding of large numbers.

    • @tomwi_since2015
      @tomwi_since2015 Před 9 dny +1

      @@NicholasWHaley7 oh ok, it's not "mass tourism? A year has 365 days, right? how long is the season on the mountain when it is theoretically possible to climb the mountain? May to August perhaps? or September? if it's winter up there, then nobody goes anywhere! so 4-5 months a year! how many climbers are there per day then? if it's 5 months, that would be 46 people per day! did you have maths at school? that alone is impossible! there are far fewer than 7000 per year who receive a permit! And for these special circumstances, even this small number is already mass tourism!! this is not a hotel complex by the pool or a comfortable cruise ship!
      and how many additional helpers does each individual "climber" who wants to climb the mountain need to even have a chance of maybe making it? so triple the total number of people who have climbed this mountain on just one possible route. sometimes no wider than 2 feet! All in one of the most hostile places in the world in terms of living conditions and environmental influences up there! Read carefully what I have written again and try to use your brain

  • @Invertmini1212
    @Invertmini1212 Před 3 měsíci +77

    This is just sad... The sherpas and porters dont get paid as much as they should and now they have to deal with the trash left behind from these well off climbers..

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci

      That's part of what they get paid for. Agreeing to do a job for X amount of money and then just not doing it as agreed means you're a fraud and a liar. The clients are also frauds if they signed off that they wouldn't litter, to be clear. They're all frauds and liars, the local sherpas in these groups that add garbage AND the clients, both. (Some groups might not add garbage, so I'm not saying 100% of everyone. But every single group that does add garbage is itself composed of both clients and sherpas)

  • @techniktrix
    @techniktrix Před 3 měsíci +43

    Challenge then: climb Everest without oxygen. Challenge today: climb Everest without polluting it.

    • @Robstrap
      @Robstrap Před 3 měsíci +3

      You think back then they didn't litter? Lmao

  • @ayushpradhan8839
    @ayushpradhan8839 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My man the sherpa is wearing Sandals that also bare foot in the highest base camp oh the world 😅😅

  • @fatemehmanzari3467
    @fatemehmanzari3467 Před 20 dny

    This video really touched my heart , sending love and resperct to Everest people ❤❤

  • @dennis2376
    @dennis2376 Před 3 měsíci +35

    As a person watching Everest for long time, not even thinking about climbing :), I know that there was a concern about the trash, but the thinking was there was nothing one could do. Evidently there is and every climber now has the obligation to help out, to remove trash, when they finish the climb and going home. Thank you for doing this documentary. PS Does any these groups have donation sites, not that I can do anything. :)

    • @maplenerd22
      @maplenerd22 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@karlwithak. Someone should educate you that fire don't burn well in high elevation. And the constant wind will easily extinguish any meager flames you manage to start. You're ignorant through and through.

  • @michaeltaylor4271
    @michaeltaylor4271 Před 3 měsíci +89

    And I’d bet people not having to carry their own stuff up the mountains has played a huge role in this, cause if they had to carry all their food and stuff with them instead of she sherpas doing it then they should just bring the trash back with them. That should be the expectation but again it’s hard to do when the sherpas are the ones who bring it up in the first place, the climbers would probably not have the room in their packs to bring trash down. It’s weird how doing stuff like not carrying your own stuff up could add to some unintended consequences

    • @Theflyflytchic
      @Theflyflytchic Před 3 měsíci +1

      If they had to carry their own stuff I’d even bet they wouldn’t take half of what they do!

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci

      Why did the sherpas agree to do a job if they were incapable of doing it fully and correctly? They are no less to blame than their clients.

    • @ganymedehedgehog371
      @ganymedehedgehog371 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@gavinjenkins899the problem is that because they have the Sherpa guides who carry they will overpack. This doesn’t happen in backpacking or climbing in mountains in the US because there’s no one to help so people will only take what they need and nothing more.

  • @user-li3pf4fu8p
    @user-li3pf4fu8p Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you Tommy G!

  • @Morgul142
    @Morgul142 Před 3 měsíci +1

    that dude just walks around Mount Everest in flip flops :D LMAO

  • @5124ever
    @5124ever Před 3 měsíci +67

    This has to go beyond trash management and become people management.
    On one hand, the people who live there, need the tourist money for climbing the mountain on the other hand, If they continue to let so many climb the mountain, they will lose it.

    • @travismadison6552
      @travismadison6552 Před 3 měsíci +13

      The other thing they don't show is how many bodies are there. Everest needs a break

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci

      The mountain is not very valuable to most of them if it doesn't generate revenue. Sure there's a percentage of the population who venerate it, but most are just using it as a tool to make a living (especially when you consider most of the citizens of the country don't even live near this one mountain). No living = no or little value, "wasted". So that majority wouldn't be particularly moved by your words.

    • @Robstrap
      @Robstrap Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@travismadison6552most of the bodies have been there way before the tourist boom. Death rates on Everest are really low now

    • @user-lf3hy7wl3t
      @user-lf3hy7wl3t Před 2 měsíci

      @@gavinjenkins899 It's also been heavily documented that the Sherpa's don't care about the trash as much as Westerners like to think they do. There's an endless amount of documentation showing Sherpa's littering the mountain as well. Its the Nepal government that worries about the mountain, not the sherpas.

  • @sunflower7045
    @sunflower7045 Před 3 měsíci +87

    I mean, it’s great they’re making art and such out of the trash, but humans really do jack up this planet. Sigh

    • @nisher15
      @nisher15 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Trash is still trash. Cant see any tourist or local buying that "Art".

    • @RJ28753
      @RJ28753 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I mean people are trash were all trash, we literally kill each other

    • @USBEN.
      @USBEN. Před 3 měsíci +1

      Parasites of this beautiful planet. us.

    • @nisher15
      @nisher15 Před 3 měsíci

      @@RJ28753 Sounds like taking out the trash.

    • @Desertbiker617
      @Desertbiker617 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Drill baby, drill!: Trump

  • @Monkeycmokeydo
    @Monkeycmokeydo Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for good people like you making a difference in this evil world. ❤❤❤

  • @RoseKindred
    @RoseKindred Před 2 měsíci +1

    Well, I am surprised. I thought it was like cave exploring, you take out what you bring in. Nice to see that changes have been happening.

  • @johnathand6211
    @johnathand6211 Před 3 měsíci +63

    what ever happen to pack in pack out?

    • @UkKiwi
      @UkKiwi Před 3 měsíci +28

      Rich people don't gaf

    • @cocacola7845
      @cocacola7845 Před 3 měsíci +7

      The rich have eaten the world

    • @RichL123
      @RichL123 Před 3 měsíci

      It’s mt Everest. It’s not that simple.

    • @gohom3882
      @gohom3882 Před 3 měsíci

      nepo babies dont care

    • @sangun123
      @sangun123 Před 3 měsíci

      why is that concept long proven nonsense???@@karlwithak.

  • @jyc313
    @jyc313 Před 3 měsíci +57

    This is what happens, when people climb for "glory" or that instagram photo, rather than for the true joy of being in nature, and respecting its grandeur. The sad thing is, the local govt cannot easily restrict or limit access because the mountain is so strongly connected to economic growth and locals' livelihoods. Still, this is ridiculous and something should be done. The deposit they mention is one step.
    Here in California, there are tons of trails including the famous PCT that run through the state. If you backpack in the mountains, you are expected to pack out all trash. As for human waste, you don't have to pack out your solid waste, but you are expected to pack out the toilet paper. Our conditions, even in winter isn't such that things like toilet paper readily degrade even though technically, they can be considered "compostable".
    So backpackers that respect this bring back their toilet paper. It can be as simple as a heavy duty zip lock bag with some baking soda, or if you don't want to see your own used paper, put the zip lock bag in a brown bag. Often, people double bag it. In any case I still see as I hike, toilet paper floating in the wind or hanging from bushes, etc.

    • @Robstrap
      @Robstrap Před 3 měsíci

      You're comparing backpacking to climbing Everest lmao.... Do you realise people spend months on Everest before climbing to the peak? You try carrying months worth of waste, and all of your gear on a 14 day hike back to civilization. There's a reason it costs around 50,000 to climb Everest, you have to pay a huge amount of money for the permit, it's not the climbers fault that the government aren't spending more of that money they get from the permits on cleanup

    • @jyc313
      @jyc313 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh i get it's different, no shit, dude. Lol -___-
      However, even with the money you pay, the duration of the hike, etc etc.... climbers should follow basic standard, human-logic policies such as clean up your own shit.
      I get the issue is not as simple as my previous comment. It's neither 100% the govt nor 100% the climbers' faults - like anything else in life it's not black and white. But climbers can do a little more to help overall. I'm criticizing climbers that don't have the most basic level of respect for nature, even in a commercialized zone such as Everest, even with the $$$$ you pay. @@Robstrap

    • @jyc313
      @jyc313 Před 3 měsíci

      you made absolutely 0 sense kiddo. Try again. :D @@karlwithak.

    • @jyc313
      @jyc313 Před 3 měsíci

      @@karlwithak. again, 0 sense. Re-read your first comment then go to your room and study it. Then don’t come back until you understand what the topic’s issue is. Actually just don’t come back at all :D 😂

    • @user-lf3hy7wl3t
      @user-lf3hy7wl3t Před 2 měsíci

      Why are you comparing a backpacking trail to climbing the tallest mountain in the world? Can you not comprehend how hard basic tasks are to do at that elevation? Like literally you can forget to breath... Not to mention the Sherpas liter the mountain as much as anyone else.

  • @rjt0106
    @rjt0106 Před 3 měsíci +1

    It's good to see that someone is picking up trash of others in a mountain like Everest.
    But it's sad to see that this litter is damaging the eco system and water sources.

  • @_the_dude_abides_
    @_the_dude_abides_ Před 3 měsíci +1

    I love this effort, I also find it ironic that the very same people who pollute these beautiful areas would be the first to scream, "pack it in, pack it out" and "leave no trace" in, literally, any other location

  • @underthebluesky92
    @underthebluesky92 Před 3 měsíci +37

    I was taught; leave a place better than I found it. What is happening here that we can’t follow this simple rule?

    • @tiaking2002
      @tiaking2002 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Entitlement.

    • @Robstrap
      @Robstrap Před 3 měsíci

      Bruh you are comparing a normal hike or picnic to the most dangerous place on earth. You go climb to the top of Everest and pickup your litter then tell me that. At those heights it hurts to breath. They need to charge more cleaning fees if this is becoming an issue

  • @AntarikAnwesan
    @AntarikAnwesan Před 3 měsíci +9

    I met Tommy at Sagarmatha Next while on my way to EBC three months back. I got to know of their efforts and saw the art pieces at the museum. I didn't realise until then that this is such a huge problem. I also wondered why they can't make EBC and Everest region a plastic free zone just the way the entire Annapurna region already is.

  • @Tanxmann
    @Tanxmann Před 3 měsíci +1

    You bring it up there, you bring it down again!

  • @jer1776
    @jer1776 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Imagine being privileged enough to climb one of the most beautiful mountains on earth and not trying to keep it that way.

  • @LFPGaming
    @LFPGaming Před 3 měsíci +64

    The Nepalese govt. charges $11,000 per climber, and with around 900 climbers each year, that barely covers the $7.5mil that the govt. has to spend on cleanup... that tells me that the Nepalese govt. isn't very good with a calculator... they should just increase the price and that way they'll reduce the pollution

    • @rangoman1815
      @rangoman1815 Před 3 měsíci +1

      The Nepalese government must be the most incompetent and corrupt in the world

    • @BruhImAGirl
      @BruhImAGirl Před 3 měsíci +6

      When a goverment isn’t good with calculator it’s called corruption. For whatever reason, maybe some officials have hotels, villas etc. maybe private jet accomodation. Those who climb are rich anyway, they don’t care about the amount of money spent on a once in a lifetime experience

    • @rangoman1815
      @rangoman1815 Před 3 měsíci +5

      @@BruhImAGirl Nepal needs to do away with Hindu caste system based politics...the Nepalese bureaucrats are mostly comprised of corrupt high caste Hindus and the other indigenous tribes are left aside

    • @princekhadka5481
      @princekhadka5481 Před 3 měsíci

      They are never good with calculator 😂😂 nobody likes to live here

    • @dev_insights101
      @dev_insights101 Před 3 měsíci +4

      That's why most youths are leaving.

  • @josefinahenriques-fernande7715
    @josefinahenriques-fernande7715 Před 3 měsíci +42

    This is so sad to see how people litter 😢
    Kudos for the recycling ♻️ Teams, of the waste!! 👏👏

    • @johnlonberger1806
      @johnlonberger1806 Před 3 měsíci +1

      "Passing the buck" has unfortunately become a way of life for so many as the litter on our highways illustrates so well.

  • @kingg_roast259
    @kingg_roast259 Před 3 měsíci

    2:21 walking on the mountains with sandals is mad crazy !!!!!

  • @anhahello9831
    @anhahello9831 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @lundworks9901
    @lundworks9901 Před 3 měsíci +14

    Everyone should have an audit inventory of what they come up with and required an escrow to cover a $1000 fine for every item they don't bring back down.

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci

      They ARE fined already. It doesn't work, because the government is corrupt and just pockets almost all of that money and uses it for funsies and not on trash removal. Doubling the fines = more far away yachts in the Mediterranean for government officials, not less garbage.

    • @Adrian-lc6jq
      @Adrian-lc6jq Před 3 měsíci

      $1000 per item is nothing to rich people

    • @RuviaPawz
      @RuviaPawz Před měsícem

      100k per item then ​@@Adrian-lc6jq

    • @lf67hh28
      @lf67hh28 Před měsícem

      You obviously don't realise that clean up is included in the fee. The Nepalese Govt. Pocket the money and do not perform the clean up.
      Stop blaming tourists for sustaining local economy.

  • @speelangs7161
    @speelangs7161 Před 3 měsíci +7

    All those who go to Everest clearly have the income to pay many expenses. One of the should be an additional fee for cleaning their waste.

  • @NathanHarrison7
    @NathanHarrison7 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Excellent video. Informative and interesting. Subscribed.

  • @Itabouttodo
    @Itabouttodo Před 3 měsíci +2

    Only 7.5 million? Feels like there’s a least a couple people that have summited who could put that together without too much trouble

  • @liciaolivetti2257
    @liciaolivetti2257 Před 3 měsíci +11

    I’m sorry, I know this kind of tourism can be a profitable business… but that situation is beyond ridiculous… it’s a shame. Trashing nature is sinful.

  • @Kushert
    @Kushert Před 3 měsíci +40

    These people are kind enough to guide and let people traverse their mountain and this is how they're repaid.....smh

    • @tammiebroggins
      @tammiebroggins Před 3 měsíci

      Look what they did to the united states

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 Před 3 měsíci

      The Sherpas do not act as guides out of kindness. They are paid a negotiated wage.

    • @Kushert
      @Kushert Před 3 měsíci +2

      @glennwatson3313
      No one said they didn't get paid but no pay can compensate for the risk that they take.

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Kushert Actually that is not true. Sherpas are not stupid. They calculate the cost and the benefits and then they take the job or they don't take it.
      The most dangerous legal job in the US is being a logger. No one is forcing them to cut trees for a living. They do it for the money.
      Its safer to work at McDonalds but some people take the risk and work on oil rigs for far more money.
      Pay does compensate for risk. Of course it does.

    • @LindokuhleJele
      @LindokuhleJele Před 2 měsíci

      They dont really have a choice.. their mostly poor and uneducated, have families to provide for, they get paid less than what they deserve ,dont you dare say their pay is negotiated, they are taken advantage of... How dare you act like these good people owe any of your western brothers anything... Sherpas are tired of doing this job, in ten years there might no one guiding your bored white brothers up that big mountain, hope no one perishes...

  • @Pnw208
    @Pnw208 Před 2 měsíci

    I honestly don’t even think it’s that impressive to climb Everest anymore. Senior citizens can do it now. Everything is set up for you and the sherpas carry everything. Those guys are impressive. The westerners pay for a trip like hunting on a ranch with a guided tour.

  • @lou2408
    @lou2408 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The fact is, if you can take the trash up with you then you can bring it back down. Its that easy.

  • @user_xsr
    @user_xsr Před 3 měsíci +37

    What human touches, human destroys😢

    • @PeterTeal77
      @PeterTeal77 Před 3 měsíci

      Speak for yourself. There are plenty of people who build incredible things and better the world, and you are the ungrateful recipient of their hard work.

  • @damienmcmiller6388
    @damienmcmiller6388 Před 3 měsíci +15

    Why is this woman's voice so sweet... can't stop listening to her amazing unique voice... I Genuinely, Love...it!

  • @chrissaucier9386
    @chrissaucier9386 Před 3 měsíci

    Like the pile of body bags in the beginning of the video. Must be the storage for the months casualties 😂

  • @nikosniko7092
    @nikosniko7092 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I’m planning a trip to Everest !! I will only drink Fiji water and be damned if the CZcamsrs commenters will stop me! Stoked

  • @griffin2263
    @griffin2263 Před 3 měsíci +8

    They should raise the cost to summit the mountain to cover all the costs like the garbage removal .. costs to maintain all of the base camps ..

    • @gavinjenkins899
      @gavinjenkins899 Před 3 měsíci +1

      They already do cover this cost in the main price and in fines. It doesn't matter, because the Nepalese government is corrupt and officials just buy yachts and escorts and whatever with it, instead of spending it on trash as it was earmarked. Raising the fines even more = more yachts, not less garbage.

  • @kpatel7995
    @kpatel7995 Před 3 měsíci +11

    Outstanding work done by all these wonderful people to keep Mt Everest. Who ever wants to go for Expeditions should pay for it.Bravo to these people.

  • @BAYBAY_316
    @BAYBAY_316 Před 2 měsíci

    I work at a landfill in America and to see the effort these folks go to keep things clean and recycled is amazing and then I see with my own eyes a truck that says recycling on its side just dump a truckload of plastic bottles in our landfill.

  • @karotregalado8354
    @karotregalado8354 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I suggest that aside from recycling waste it is better to oblige the tourist to plant trees as their contribution to the country by allowing them to climb the Everest mountain.

  • @FurryEskimo
    @FurryEskimo Před 3 měsíci +12

    I heard that this was becoming a problem years ago, and that eventually someone would have to deal with it.. I’m just mad that the average 8kg per person couldn’t be carried out and disposed of by the people generating the trash.
    As for holding no animosity for these people because it’s hard to climb, I understand, but also believe we have a duty to behave in a way to limits our waste, not travel to hard locations, then leave waste there because we’re incapable of cleaning it up.

  • @Paulkjoss
    @Paulkjoss Před 3 měsíci +3

    Great series 👍🏼

  • @AdamDaley1
    @AdamDaley1 Před 3 měsíci

    All the climbers are bundled up and protected and he's walking around in flip fops :)

  • @katieshantz3517
    @katieshantz3517 Před 2 měsíci

    I grew up going camping almost every summer with my dad and grandma. They always told me to make it look like you were never there. Whenever we would go on walks we would bring bags and gloves cause there was usually some trash on the trails and beaches from tourists with no class.

  • @sleebywarthunder
    @sleebywarthunder Před 3 měsíci +8

    Leave it to humans to ruin one of the most majestic places on earth!!

  • @donnadees1971
    @donnadees1971 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Climber ought to pick up after themselves,they make me sick for leaving such trash.

  • @xentastic
    @xentastic Před 3 měsíci +1

    Sherpas should definitely be exempt from that $4000 fine

  • @MrSpider182
    @MrSpider182 Před 3 měsíci

    The sherpas who do all the hard work from guides to waste collectors & those that hike it out should be the rich ones.

  • @theL33Tm4ster
    @theL33Tm4ster Před 3 měsíci +5

    how do people get to everest-level mountaineering without understanding the concept of "pack it in, pack it out" 😢

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 Před 3 měsíci

      These are the same people that look down upon and preach against poor people like me telling me about the impact I have on the environment but look what they're doing

    • @g_rr_tt
      @g_rr_tt Před 3 měsíci +1

      Everest is a tourist trap. You can have literally 0 climbing skills and still scale Everest.

    • @aquariandawn4750
      @aquariandawn4750 Před 3 měsíci

      @@g_rr_tt it cost $35,000 to 45,000 to scale Mount Everest... That is a very expensive tourist trap. I'm not saying it requires skill to do it, I'm just backing my comment that these people are not like us these are the people that look down on us for our negative impact on the environment but look what they're doing.

    • @johnlonberger1806
      @johnlonberger1806 Před 3 měsíci

      That's the picture I see from afar anyway - a combination of modest physical fitness and an abundance of fiscal fitness seems all one needs to join the trek.@@g_rr_tt

  • @jbbr-adventures
    @jbbr-adventures Před 3 měsíci +3

    I Hope they close access to the mountain. This is just outrageous.

  • @powl4568
    @powl4568 Před 3 měsíci +1

    If its to dangerous to take your trash with you, you probably aren’t trained well enough for this kind of experience.

  • @purplepirate880
    @purplepirate880 Před 2 měsíci +1

    i like how hes walking with flip flops

  • @livelife261
    @livelife261 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Natural wonder has become a dumping ground. Thanks to BI for this video. I hope this will bring awareness to fancy people to respect the nature.

  • @omgano
    @omgano Před 3 měsíci +5

    respect

  • @lostvisitor
    @lostvisitor Před 3 měsíci +1

    In my opinion : If they can't carry their own equipment up and back (including the trash and waste) they should not be allowed to claim that they climbed it. I am so sick of these rich people messing up beautiful places for their own pathetic pleasures.

  • @rc198028
    @rc198028 Před 3 měsíci

    Whenever someone tells their story of climbing Everest the first question they should be asked is "what did you do with your waste"?

  • @kumarrt878
    @kumarrt878 Před 3 měsíci +10

    This video is for those who complains like oh the permit is so expensive maybe they are charging us way more.
    You go. Conquer. Come back.
    But maintaining/providing literally everything for you costs money.

    • @glennwatson3313
      @glennwatson3313 Před 3 měsíci

      I have never seen anyone complain about the high financial cost of climbing Everest.

  • @sujitkarki2494
    @sujitkarki2494 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Finally my brother Suraj Pun Magar Base Camp Manager became celebrity with this video.Proud of him .

  • @StrongBarnes90
    @StrongBarnes90 Před měsícem

    Everest is a perfect example for how rich people treat the planet.
    Can't be broke and buy the equipment necessary to climb Everest and the amount of garbage just LEFT there is absolutely disgusting.

  • @AGP510
    @AGP510 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Maybe it’s time to ban actually going up on the mountain

  • @AGP510
    @AGP510 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I feel like this should have really gone into the harmful impaacts of trash on the mountain

  • @1neMoreDay
    @1neMoreDay Před 2 měsíci

    I've climbed Mt. Everest 10x. No easy feat but I've always clean up after myself.

  • @hazelmeldrum5860
    @hazelmeldrum5860 Před 3 měsíci

    Did i miss it ! was there no bins or equivalent for the plastic at rhe base camps

  • @ms_cartographer
    @ms_cartographer Před 3 měsíci +21

    Why don't these rich westerners who climbed the mountain and polluted the mountain pay for it? They should be taxed extra per trip, a waste tax, if you will. The funds should then go directly to the sherpas who have to collect it all.

  • @teddybearclarence
    @teddybearclarence Před 3 měsíci +7

    They should get the hikers to come and clear the trash... no idea why mankind love to destroy nature while hiking to the summit to do absolutely nothing meaningful...

  • @Mou-xy4qy
    @Mou-xy4qy Před 3 měsíci +1

    Kudos to these Guys ❤but, the government efforts need to be at place

  • @jasoneverett
    @jasoneverett Před 3 měsíci

    "Bob, why did you just leave that trash on the mountain?"
    "Because it's there, man."

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  • @shoemakerleve9
    @shoemakerleve9 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I'm co-founder of a Nepali company tackling the ever growing issue of human waste management in climbing areas such as this one. SPCC can only do so much. Out aim is to recycle the solid waste into usable livestock feed for local farmers.

    • @tsunamis82
      @tsunamis82 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Recycle solid waste to feed animals' . Does this include human waste? I certainly hope you don’t eat them.

  • @JFANDHISPEOPLE
    @JFANDHISPEOPLE Před 2 měsíci

    Every hiker begins knowing u carry out what u carry in, only leave footprints and take photos

  • @todd-makes-videos
    @todd-makes-videos Před 3 měsíci +1

    You'd think they could setup some kind of slide or zipline method of transferring waste down. Gravity would make it easier.

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    @NeofitSage Před 3 měsíci +84

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    • @Soniaobioma-
      @Soniaobioma- Před 3 měsíci

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      @NeofitSage Před 3 měsíci

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  • @melmicsim
    @melmicsim Před 3 měsíci +4

    Do they retrieve the dead bodies, too?

  • @Matt.P.
    @Matt.P. Před 2 měsíci

    Thank god for foreigners. They let us real people enjoy life.

  • @skiyalater626
    @skiyalater626 Před 3 měsíci

    A microscopic example of what the Ocean and the rest of the planet has flying free.

  • @markthompson2466
    @markthompson2466 Před 3 měsíci +1

    When I went on Holiday decades ago to California it was a 1,000 dollar fine for dropping litter on the street....
    When I was an extreme rockclimber decades ago it was a disgrace that rightly brought an angry reaction from other climbers if you dropped the peel off an orange on any UK mountain

  • @cfamillytravelgroup3318
    @cfamillytravelgroup3318 Před 3 měsíci

    Paying 6 figures to climb the mountain but not to clean it is WILD

  • @thomasbrown5649
    @thomasbrown5649 Před 3 měsíci

    “A look at how they manage the trash”
    Camera turns to a pile of trash burning 🤣

  • @Mpayne1472
    @Mpayne1472 Před měsícem +1

    The fee to climb should be raised to millions of dollars. Cut the numbers and the waste down

  • @tereferekuku87
    @tereferekuku87 Před 3 měsíci

    Charge those climbers more if they don't bring trash down. Increse Sherpa's salary - they are the real heroes, they deserve acknowledgement and respect!