A renowned U.S. mountain guide, who recently achieved the rare feat of climbing Mount Everest and two nearby peaks in less than three weeks, said on Tuesday Nepal needs to do a better job of policing the world's highest mountain to save it from garbage.
, said its higher camps were littered with torn tents, food wrappers and empty oxygen bottles discarded by climbers.
But expedition organisers and hiking officials say monitoring camps nearly 8,000 metres high was both difficult and ineffective. Despite his worries about the trash, Madison, who owns a Seattle-based mountaineering company, said climbing in Nepal, home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains, had a bright future.
This month, as well as Everest, Madison climbed Lhotse, the world's fourth tallest peak at 8,516 metres , and the Nuptse peak, at 7,855 metres , completing the rare "triple crown" of climbing all three in one season.
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