Fifth Floor

What price scaling Everest?


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Mount Everest in Nepal draws hundreds of climbers every year keen to scale the world's highest peak. But the effort comes at a high price, both in lives lost, and the cost to the environment. BBC Nepali’s Surendra Phuyal reports on the campaign to clean up the rubbish left behind by the climbers on Nepal's holy mountain.

Image: queuing to reach the peak of Everest

Credit: AFP PHOTO/PROJECT POSSIBLE

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