People are often responsible for the contamination of some of the world’s most inaccessible mountain ranges. The media at first paid attention to the alarming amount of trash that was piling up on Everest, which is the highest peak in the world. Everest is located in Nepal.
Mountain climbers are becoming increasingly concerned about the “disgusting” amount of human waste and abandoned climbing gear on K2, the second-highest peak on Earth. A mountaineer from the United States named Sarah Strattan said that she was astounded by the quantity of the trash that she discovered on K2 during the current climbing season. She reported that she discovered debris and litter that stretched “almost the entire route.”
She stated that the garbage was not only an unpleasant sight but also a risk for climbers because the surface had become unstable due to the accumulation of trash. She claimed in an Instagram post that camps 1 and 2 were both unsanitary environments to be in.
Waste from previous expeditions, as well as those that are currently being conducted, has accumulated in every available space.
She stated that mountaineers were simply setting up their tents “right on top” of old equipment, excrement, tents, used food packaging, and fuel cans. She was referring to the fact that mountaineers were attempting to climb Mount Everest.
It was said that the higher camps 3 and 4, which were situated at 7,162m and 7,620m, were “a little better but not pristine.” According to Strattan, trash could be found on the climbing route from the advanced base camp all the way up to the 8,611-meter summit of K2, according to Strattan, trash could be found on the climbing route.
Outside of the camps, there are endless heaps and strands of old and broken fixed line ropes left over from ongoing expeditions as well as those that have taken place in the past. One hiker was overheard saying that not only is this activity hazardous because it makes it difficult to select the appropriate rope to use for climbing or rappelling, but it also contributes to the accumulation of trash on the mountain. Not only is this practice hazardous because it makes it difficult or impossible to select the appropriate rope to use for climbing up or rappelling down the mountain, but it also contributes to the accumulation of trash on the mountain.
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On July 27, the Peruvian mountain climber Flor Cuenca successfully reached the peak of K2. She said that large climbing companies were to blame for the mess on the mountain, which was located in Pakistan’s Karakoram range. She referred to the mountain as a “pigsty.”
On her Instagram account, she posed the following question: “If we are supposed to be mountaineers, why are we doing this to the mountain?” Why don’t we go to the mountains so that we can bask in the glory and splendour of nature in its most unadulterated form, all by ourselves?
So, I’m curious to know everyone’s opinions: that all of this waste will miraculously disappear into thin air, as if by some kind of magic; or that extraterrestrials will be in charge of cleaning it up. ” The massive amounts of fuel that were burned for the purposes of cooking and warming were also having an effect on the glacier.
An American explorer made the discovery in 2019 that a plastic bag and candy wrappers were lying at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, which is the region of the ocean that is the deepest point on the planet and is located in the Pacific Ocean.
In the trench that is 11 kilometers deep, researchers have discovered significant amounts of microplastics.
