The human remains were found among 11,000 kilograms of waste collected by the Nepalese army during an annual clean up.
Nepalese authorities said four human corpses and skeletons were found among the 11,000 kilograms of trash removed fromEverest is often referred to as the world’s “highest garbage dump” due to the sheer amount of trash left by the nearly 35,000 annual visitors. It requires a yearly cleaning by the Nepalese army.
Starting on April 11, Nepalese authorities began their 55-day clean-up operation, which encompasses both Mount Everest and its sister peaks Lhotse and Nuptse. Authorities hoped to locate the bodies of five hikers who died summiting Everest so far this year, according to theKenyan climber Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who was attempting to summit Everest without oxygen, and his Sherpa guide, Nawang,.
The day before, British climber Daniel Paul Paterson, and his Sherpa guide Pas Tenji Sherpa, also disappeared in the same place. The two had summited Everest, but on their descent, they “slipped and disappeared.” “Eyewitnesses reported the incident took place between Summit Ridge and South Summit and some climbers were swept away in Kangshung Face,” Lakpa Sherpa of 8K Expeditions said in an
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