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| Extreme Everest Expedition 2010 |
Since Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary first peaked Mount Everest in 1953, it has been a benchmark of human achievement, with around 1000 summit attempts every year. Unfortunately, as Everest’s attraction has grown, so has the waste left behind on its high slopes. Government policy requires that climbers take all their waste off the mountain, however the reality is somewhat different.
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| Objectives - Mission |
- To collect waste left above 8000 meters above sea level and manage appropriate means of bringing it down.
- To keep Mount Everest pristine and unpolluted.
- To raise awareness on the negative effects of climate change in the Himalayas.
- To urge our public in Nepal to keep their cities and villages clean.
- To promote tourism and assist in spreading the message of Nepal Tourism Year 2011.
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| News Links |
- BBC (Everest 'death zone' to be cleaned up - By Joanna Jolly
BBC News, Kathmandu )
- Xinhuanet (Sherpa Expedition to clear Mt. Qomolangma's Death Zone)
- Reuters (Everest "death zone" set for a spring clean up)
- Discovery (
Risky Expedition Planned to Clean Up Everest
A team of 20 top climbers plan to penetrate Mt. Everest's so-called "death zone" to try and clear detritus left by decades of climbers.)
- Newyorkcrimestatistics (Everest "death zone" set for a spring clean up)
- Dailymail (Mt Everest 'death zone' set for spring clean-up as team risk their lives to tidy the world's highest garbage dump)
- Eastday (Sherpa Expedition to clear Mt. Qomolangma's Death Zone)
- Usnews (Sherpa team plans to clean Everest's death zone)
- Express (CLIMBERS RISK LIVES CREAING RUBBISH OFF MOUNT EVEREST)
- Allvoices (Celebrating Earth Day More Than 8,000 Feet in the Air)
- Guardian (Team sets out to clear bodies from Everest's death zone)
- Discovermagazine (Spring Cleaning in Everest’s “Death Zone” to Sweep up Oxygen Bottles & Corpses)
- Yahoo (Sherpa team plans to clean Everest's death zone)
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| News and Updates |
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Nepal Investment Bank Ltd. (NIBL), the first private sector bank of Nepal, is the lead sponsor of the Extreme Everest Expedition 2010. NIBL is not only a leading financial institution in Nepal, but is equally recognized for its charitable and Corporate Social Responsibility projects.
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Swiss Mountaineer Kari Kobler with the project director and coordinator in Kathmandu. Kobler is a well-established mountaineer and the leader of Kari Kobler Commercial expeditions.
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The Friends of Save the Himalayas team meet with the honorable Minister of Tourism regarding the clean-up project. Also present is Secretary of Ministry of Tourism Nagendra Ghimire and President of The Friends of Save the Himalayas team.
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Meeting with Prithivi B Pande, Nepal Army’s Pawan B. Pande, Long Dorjee Sherpa and Namgyal Sherpa.
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