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Mount Everest

Top heavy

The slopes are said to be littered with empty oxygen cylinders, discarded tents, food cans and, of course, human waste. And as glaciers melt with global warming, they are revealing the debris of the years gone by.

Mt. Everest records 1st deaths of 2021 climbing season

The Swiss climber had successfully reached the summit but began experiencing issues during his descent, while the American died due to snow blindness and exhaustion at Camp IV before reaching the summit, the agency wrote in its Facebook page.

Mount Everest death toll increases to 11

Mountaineers have suggested difficult weather conditions, a lack of experience and the growing commercialization of expeditions as contributing factors to the backlog.

Eternal allure

Not that the man who earns his living guiding climbers up the mountains has an obsession with records ~ until recently he did not know he “held” the world record ~ for like all true professionals he believed he was merely doing his job to the best of his ability.