Mountaineers Have Left The Himalayan Slopes In Absolute Tatters [Video]
In shocking new footage, you can see old discarded climbing and camping gear littering the mountain – the side the influencers totally ignore.that rubbish has been thrown into glaciers where it will “re-emerge in 200 years’ time”.
The Himalayas are “a real tip” with some summits resembling “gigantic rubbish bins”, the Frenchman said. “Behind every rock you find lots of oxygen bottles, tins, canvas and shoes. It’s really appalling.” Watch Boisnard and his team trudging through heaps of waste, including plastic bottles, sanitation pads and abandoned tents.notes that mountaineers pay a “garbage deposit” of thousands of dollars before climbing the summit of more than 8 000 metres. The money is refunded if the rubbish is returned when they come back down the mountain, but clearly, this is doing little to abate the devastating pile-up and people are more willing to lose their money than carry their load back down the mountain.
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