Introduction to the Khumbu
May 24, 2021
The Khumbu is an interesting and mountainous part of Nepal. It is road-less and to go anywhere you need to walk and carry what you need with you.
The Khumbu is an interesting and mountainous part of Nepal. It is road-less and to go anywhere you need to walk and carry what you need with you.
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.
The Khumbu is an interesting and mountainous part of Nepal. It is road-less and to go anywhere you need to walk and carry what you need with you.
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.