Since the 29,032-foot mountain peak was first scaled by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay in 1953, thousands of climbers have reached the peak and hundreds have lost their lives.
FILE - A bird flies with Mount Everest seen in the background from Namche Bajar, Solukhumbu district, Nepal, May 27, 2019. As the mountaineering community prepare to celebrate the 70 anniversary of the conquest of Mount Everest, there is rising concern about the glacier and snow is melting, the temperature is rising and weather is getting harsh and unpredictable on world's highest mountain.
The Sherpa community, who grew up on the foothills of the snow-covered mountain they worship as the mother of the world, is the most startled., the whales or the penguins, but it's having a direct impact on the Himalayan mountains and the people there,” said Ang Tshering, a prominent Sherpa who has been campaigning for years to save the Himalayan peaks and surrounding areas from the effects of global warming.
Growing up on the foothills of the mountain, Ang Tshering said he remembers sliding on the glacier near his village. But that's gone now. Phurba Tenjing has been climbing Everest since he was 17. He said both the snow and ice have melted and the trek that used to take five or six hours over the icy path now only takes half an hour because the glaciers have melted and bare rocks are exposed.
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