Introduction to the Khumbu
There is no experience quite like visiting Nepal’s Khumbu. This region is in the northeastern part of the country and includes the Nepalese side of
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There is no experience quite like visiting Nepal’s Khumbu. This region is in the northeastern part of the country and includes the Nepalese side of
Following complaints last month by Nepal’s Sherpas that Mount Everest had become the “world’s highest junkyard,” littered with food trash, human waste and unwanted equipment,
As the numbers of climbers rise to several hundred a year on Mount Everest, local guides and residents are complaining that the issue of human waste (for which there are no real facilities at the climbing camps) is creating a disgusting and unhealthy problem.
Namche Bazaar is the main town of the Sherpa people, in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It’s located at 3400 m (11,300′) above sea level, built on the steep slopes of the hill you see in this photo.
There is no experience quite like visiting Nepal’s Khumbu. This region is in the northeastern part of the country and
Following complaints last month by Nepal’s Sherpas that Mount Everest had become the “world’s highest junkyard,” littered with food trash,
As the numbers of climbers rise to several hundred a year on Mount Everest, local guides and residents are complaining that the issue of human waste (for which there are no real facilities at the climbing camps) is creating a disgusting and unhealthy problem.
Namche Bazaar is the main town of the Sherpa people, in the Khumbu region of Nepal. It’s located at 3400 m (11,300′) above sea level, built on the steep slopes of the hill you see in this photo.