Mount Everest: Climbers will need to bring poo back to base camp - BBC News

As complaints of human waste pile up, new rules require climbers to properly dispose of their stools.

4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Many mountaineers use open spaces as toilets on the higher camps of EverestBy Navin Singh KhadkaEnvironment correspondent, BBC World ServicePeople climbing Mount Everest will now have to clear up their own poo and bring it back to base camp to be disposed of, authorities have said.

"Our mountains have begun to stink," Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, told the BBC.

The municipality, which covers most of the Everest region, has introduced the new rule as part of wider measures being implemented.

Due to extreme temperatures, excrement left on Everest does not fully degrade.

"We are getting complaints that human stools are visible on rocks and some climbers are falling sick. This is not acceptable and erodes our image," Mr Mingma adds.

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