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How do mountaineers constitute a threat to Mount Everest?

  • UPSC 2019
  • Environmental Geography

Mount Everest (Sagarmatha, Chomolungma; 8,849 m) sits in Sagarmatha National Park, a World Heritage Site since 1979. Mountaineers threaten it through waste, pollution, crowding and the valley economy their expeditions create.

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  • Solid Waste on a Frozen Mountain
  • Human Waste and Water Quality
  • Microplastics
  • Crowding and the Valley Footprint
  • Regulation
  • Who Is the Bigger Threat?

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