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Chinese Clean-up Everest

Chinese volunteers have collected 10 tonnes of rubbish from the slopes of Mount Everest over the last 10 days. The team was composed of 31 people has now returned to Peking. The climbed to 8,000 meters altitude to collect the rubbish.



The 400 sacks of rubbish included empty bottles, oxygen tanks, tents and even cigarette butts. The operation was organised before the Olympic flame passes over the highest peak in the world before the Peking games in 2008. Another team already cleared 8 tonnes of rubbish last year.

It is estimated that the 1,600 summiteers have left over 600 tonnes of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain.

Dix tonnes de déchets collectés en dix jours sur l'Everest.

posted by davidof @ 4:24 PM