Nepal Will Force Each Everest Climber To Collect 18 Pounds of Trash

Nepal Will Force Each Everest Climber To Collect 18 Pounds of Trash

Mount Everest might be the be-all, end-all of mountaineering, but it’s also a dumping ground for the climbers striving upon its face—which is littered, as National Geographic puts it, "with garbage leaking out of the glaciers and pyramids of human excrement befouling the high camps." This week, Nepal announced a new rule aimed at cleaning it up.

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4G LTE Is Now Available At Mount Everest

China Mobile, with equipment provided by Huawei, now offers 4G LTE services at a base camp at the top of Mount Everest.

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