71,000-Pounds of Waste Removed from Everest | Nearly Half of that is Human Excrement With the end of the yearโs main climbing season, mountaineers generated over thirty tonnes (over 70,000 pounds) of waste below Camp II on Mt Everest, an official at Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC) said.ย After nearly 1,000 climbers and their support staff spent about two months on the slopes of Everest this season, โLocals collected more garbage in the region this […] Climbing Steven Agar | July 6, 2018 0 Comments