尼泊尔登山者将清理珠穆朗玛峰垃圾.docVIP

精品论文 参考文献 尼泊尔登山者将清理珠穆朗玛峰垃圾 Twenty Nepali climbers are setting off to Qomolangma recently to try to remove decades“old garbage from the mountain in the worldrsquo;s highest ever clean”up campaign, organizers said. Many foreign and Nepali climbers have cleaned Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest, in the past, but Nam-gyal Sherpa, leader of the Extreme Everest Expedition 2010, said no onehad dared to clean above 8,000 meters (26,246 feet), an area known as the “death zone”for the lack of oxygen and treacherous terrain. Some 300 lives have been lost there since 1953. Namgyal Sherpa and his team of seasoned climbers, carrying empty ruck-sacks and special bags, will risk the zonersquo;s thin air and freezing temperatures to pick empty oxygen bottles, gas canis-ters, torn tents, ropes, and utensils lying between the South Col and the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) summit. “This is the first time we are clean-ing at that height, in the death zone. It is very difficult and dangerous,”said Nam-gyal Sherpa, who has climbed the worldrsquo;s tallest peak, seven times. “The garbage was buried under snow in the past. But now it has come out on the surface because of the melting of snow due to global warming,”the 30-year-old said. “The rubbish is creating problems for climbers ... Some items of garbage are from Edmund Hillaryrsquo;s time.” The mountain has become known as being the worldrsquo;s highest garbage dump. Many climbers leave their gear and trash behind as they descend due to exhaustion and lack of oxygen. Namgyal Sherparsquo;s team hopes to bring down at least 2,000kg of garbage and the corpse of a climber killed two years ago. “I have seen three corpses lying there for years,”Namgyal Sherpa said. “Wersquo;ll bring down the body of a Swiss climber who died in the mountain in 2008 and cremate it below the base camp for which we have got the familyrsquo;s consent.” New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalrsquo;s Tenzing Nor