Mount Everest
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Human waste
Mountain of human poo plagues Everest
Kathmandu The Times of India Mar 04 2015
Human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world's highest peak, the chief of Nepal's mountaineering association said on Tuesday . The more than 700 climbers and guides who spend nearly two months on Everest's slopes each climbing season leave large amounts of feces and urine, and the issue has not been addressed, Ang Tshering told reporters. He said Nepal's government needs to get the climbers to dispose of the waste properly so the mountain remains pristine.
Hundreds of foreign climbers attempt to scale Everest during Nepal's mountaineering season, which began this week and runs through May . Last year's season was canceled after 16 local guides were killed in an avalanche in April.
Climbers spend weeks acclimatizing around the four camps set up between the base camp at 5,300m and the 8,850m high summit. The camps have tents and supplies but no toilets.
Mount Qomolangma
The Times of India, June 15, 2015
Mt. Qomolangma moves 40 cm northeastward in 10 years
Mount Qomolangma has moved 40 centimeters to the northeast over the past ten years, with its height increasing by three centimeters, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation said Monday.
Monitoring data collected by the department from 2005 to 2015 shows that the mountain has been moving at a speed of four centimeters per year and has been growing by 0.3 centimeters annually.
The Mountain is located on the collision belt for the boundary between the Indian and the Eurasian Plates, where the crustal movements are active. Geographical changes in the area have great influence on the climate, environment and ecology of East and South Asia, experts said.
The administration set a satellite monitoring system on Qomolangma in 2005 and started to observe the movement of the mountain.
Observers with the department found that Mount Qomolangma shifted three centimeters southwestward after the devastating Nepal earthquake on April 25,2015, while the height of the mountain was left unaffected.
Mountaineers to Everest
The Times of India, Jun 01 2015
Since its discovery, Mount Everest has always fascinated mountaineers from across the globe to reach the world's topmost point. When asked why he is climbing Everest, British mountaineer George Mallory had famously said, “Because it is there“. Mallory died in the summit attempt.In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and India's Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to set foot on Everest's top. Tenzing's feat somehow did not popularize mountaineering in India the way New Zealanders got inspired by Hillary's achievement. As of the end of 2010's climbing seasons, Indians have successfully climbed the mountain 152 times -fifth highest in the world. Considering its small size, New Zealand's 67 successful attempts are commendable.
