Nepal removes tonnes of rubbish, corpses and a skeleton from Mount Everest

Mount Everest has long struggled with its status as ‘world’s highest garbage dump’ with hundreds of mountaineers arriving at its peak each year.

Nepal army has removed tonnes of rubbish, four dead bodies, and skeletal remains from Mount Everest and two other peaks in the country.

A series of clean-up drives spanning 55 days were held to clean up Everest, Nuptse, and Lhotse mountains under the campaign “An endeavour to save the Himalayas”. READ FULL REPORT from The Independent