Sherpas upset by plan to collect trash – and bodies – on Everest
Some top Sherpa guides are criticizing the Nepal government's plan to have the army clean up 77,000 pounds of waste on Mount Everest, . They say the army cannot reach the highest peaks of the Himalayas – that it's something only they can do. "They collected garbage from lower altitudes," said Kami Rita Sherpa, who has reached Mount Everest's summit a . "They should mobilize Sherpas to clean up garbage from higher elevations." "Only Sherpa guides and porters can do that," he said. "They should be given proper compensation to clean up the ...
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