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Mount Everest and Pollution
canadafreepress.com ^ | 8/22/2014 | Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh

Posted on 08/22/2014 6:38:38 AM PDT by rktman

Environmentalists have switched their assault on the world economy to a new frontier, previously unaffected by their agenda – peaks, Mount Everest to be more specific, located between China and Nepal in the Himalayas. The 29,029 feet mountain is in danger. What is the crisis? According to the National Geographic team, the mountain is “overcrowded with inexperienced climbers and polluted with waste.”

The nature of the pollution includes human corpses, human excrement, garbage leaking from glaciers, abandoned equipment, and overcrowding. How crowded could it be? Mark Jenkins described at 26,000 feet the dangerous inconvenience of more than 100 climbers moving slowly, forcing everybody else to move at the same pace.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: hypocrites; libs; mounteverest; polluters; richyuppies; wasteful
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

I doubt anyone litters with their corpse on purpose.


21 posted on 08/22/2014 7:37:55 AM PDT by MNDude
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To: All

Shut it down.....


22 posted on 08/22/2014 7:38:19 AM PDT by Boonie ("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
This is an asinine article.

I agree. If they climed naked the analogy. How long does it take for an oxygen tank to decompose?

But if you carry it up, carry it down.

23 posted on 08/22/2014 7:51:34 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: BwanaNdege

I wonder if they left that trash up there? I bet it was gone when they left. Another Issue, all these enviromentalist cloimbing and they are the ones polluting.


24 posted on 08/22/2014 7:54:45 AM PDT by Busko (One thing is certain, nothing is certain.)
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To: rktman

It’s easier to pack it in than it is to pack it in, use it, climb a mountain, and then pack it out.


25 posted on 08/22/2014 7:55:12 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

Dang. I forgot about the strenuous part of the trek. And, I don’t think WasteManagement picks up in the area either.


26 posted on 08/22/2014 7:57:55 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: Busko

Smithsonian - "There Are Over 200 Bodies on Mount Everest, And They’re Used as Landmarks"

27 posted on 08/22/2014 7:58:31 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
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To: rktman

What’s next the pollution that was left on the Moon?


28 posted on 08/22/2014 7:59:25 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: BwanaNdege

Sorry for the double post - not sure how that happened.


29 posted on 08/22/2014 7:59:59 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( "Our Emperor may have no clothes, but doesn't he have a wonderful tan" - MSM)
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To: MNDude

Obviously no one litters with their corpse on purpose. But, the more climbers on the mountain, the more dangerous the routes become, and the more corpses there will be.


30 posted on 08/22/2014 8:02:35 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: rktman

It all depends on perspective. When I was in Mongolia I noticed quite a few old tires along the remote roads and commented how bad that looked. It was then explained to me that they were important safety tools. If you car broke down, you got a cup of gas out of our car and used it to light a tire on fire to send up a signal for help.

Someday one of those mountain climbers is going to be thankful for the junk pile left be hind as he makes a small stove and burns the turds for a little heat to survive...........


31 posted on 08/22/2014 8:19:27 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Where is your thinking cap? The one you were issued in elementary school.)
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To: rktman

“LOL! I guess I missed something there TexasGator. I didn’t say nobody should go and I thought the Doc addressed some controls on the folks who make the trek.”

The dear doctor makes fun of the environmentalists and says this is more about limiting access than about cleaning up the environment.


32 posted on 08/22/2014 8:21:04 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: molson209

Not to mention the Mars rover etc. Little green men gonna be PO’d. Say, can the rover see the flag we left there? :>}


33 posted on 08/22/2014 8:21:35 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: rktman

I’ve heard about the garbage.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/nepal-enlists-mt-everest-climbers-clean-trash-strewn-slopes-n44276

It should be kept clean, or get a fine. There shouldn’t be restrictions on the number of people trying to climb as long as they take out the trash. I hate litter.


34 posted on 08/22/2014 8:21:43 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: TexasGator

Gotcha. I see what you mean but still think it’s is a decent commentary.


35 posted on 08/22/2014 8:23:01 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: PeterPrinciple

It’s weird how one can find “trash” in the most unlikely places. Maybe you ain’t the first one to be there. :>}


36 posted on 08/22/2014 8:24:33 AM PDT by rktman (Ethnicity: Nascarian. Race: Daytonafivehundrian)
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To: ConservativeDude; TexasGator

“how long you been at free republic?”


I see this comment all the time.

Would you please clarify for me the amount of time you have to be on FR before an opinion can be expressed without a snarky response.

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37 posted on 08/22/2014 8:30:02 AM PDT by Mears
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To: Mears; ConservativeDude

I didn’t catch it the first time but I think I saw a ‘/s’ when I went back and read it.


38 posted on 08/22/2014 8:31:41 AM PDT by TexasGator
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To: rktman

I doubt Waste Management does, but maybe Himalayan Adventures or Bob’s Mountain Experiences should. They charge a king’s ransom for “guiding and provisioning” services. When I go to a hotel, I don’t expect to have to wash my own towels. And these outfits charge a lot more than any 5-star hotel.

Better yet, let the governments of Nepal and Tibet pay Sherpas police the trash. You have to buy a very expensive permit to try an Everest summit. Let them pay some of the locals from the proceeds.


39 posted on 08/22/2014 8:44:06 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: IronJack

Find a way to float it out of there. Yes it will land somewhere sometime but probably be easier to dispose of at a lower altitude.

The people finding all that trash may actually be able to use the metal for something.

Hire sherpas to carry in hot air balloon like devices that can be used to lift the trash out of there and where ever it falls later the locals would probably be able to use it for something.

Just a thought. Probably went over like a Lead(Led) Zepplin.


40 posted on 08/22/2014 8:54:13 AM PDT by BookaT
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