Everest climbers will have to take their poop away with them, as Nepal tries to address growing waste problem | CNN
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Those hoping to climb Everest this year will have to make some slight adjustments to their packing list, as new rules now mandate that climbers bring their excrement down with them from the world’s highest peak, in a bid to tackle pollution.
  • Drusas@kbin.social
    2·
    7 months ago

    It has always blown my mind that they leave all their shit and garbage up there. Any and all responsible hikers, backpackers, and mountain climbers have a “pack it in, pack it out” policy. It’s the norm. Yeah, packing shit sucks, but you love nature, so you deal with it.

    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk
      2·
      7 months ago

      Tbh, keeping your rubbish on you probably isn’t on the forefront of your mind while you’re both slowly suffocating and slowly freezing up there.

      It’s not really comparable to taking a hike through your local national park.

      Not to say littering up there is justified, it’s not. but i can understand why it happens

      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca
        1·
        7 months ago

        Eh, imo if you decide to risk your life unnecessarily climbing a mountain, plan to take your garbage out because you shouldn’t be let back down without it. Freeze up there with the garbage.

    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 months ago

      I’d wager that the love of nature is not something a fair amount of Everest climbers give two shits about, or at the very least it’s nowhere near the “photo op” that’s at the top of their list of priorities.

  • WraithGear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    01·
    7 months ago

    Morty: Well then, get your shit together. Get it all together. And put it in a backpack. All your shit. So it’s together.

    [exits room]

    [pokes head back into room]

    Morty: And if you gotta take it somewhere, take it somewhere, you know, take it to the shit store and sell it… Or put it in a shit museum, I don’t care what you do, you just gotta get it together.

    [exits room]

    [pokes head back into room]

    Morty: Get your shit together!