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A scheme to encourage climbers to bring their waste down from Mount Everest is being scrapped - with Nepalese authorities telling the BBC it has been a failure.

Climbers had been required to pay a deposit of $4,000 (£2964), which they would only get back if they brought at least 8kg (18lbs) of waste back down with them.

It was hoped it would begin to tackle the rubbish problem on the world's highest peak, which is estimated to be covered in some 50 tonnes of waste.

But after 11 years - and with the rubbish still piling up - the scheme is being shelved because it "failed to show a tangible result".

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[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

That's only 850m shy of the summit tho. How many people make it to 8km and can't make the last ~10%?

[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

A lot. The weather on Everest can turn on a dime, and if you don't turn around and start back at the first sign of inclement weather, it can blow up in an instant and murder you.

Tons of summit attempts end with having to be abandoned just short of the finish.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

344 plus a lot more who turn around and don't die.