KATHMANDU, APRIL 16
A team of climbers collected more than 1,000kg of garbage from the world's tenth-highest peak this season.
Under the Himalayan clean-up campaign initiated by Luc Boisnard from France, the team collected 1,113kg of waste from the base camp and Camp I, said Da Dendi Sherpa, Managing Director at Glacier Himalaya Treks, which managed the clean-up campaign this season.
A team of six persons led by French climber Thomas Dutheil spent a couple of weeks collecting the garbage. "There were five Sherpa climbers to run this campaign," Dutheil said. The team has handed over garbage to the Kathmandu Metropolis officials amidst a function.
The team left for Annapurna base camp on March 04 and returned to Kathmandu on April 10, said Dutheil.
The project was created by Luc Boisnard after the 2010 Everest Expedition by a French team. France Enterprise sponsored the project. During the Annapurna clean-up campaign, steel, plastics, gas canisters and other garbage were collected, Sherpa informed.
During the campaign, the team also shared their skill with other climbers to collect and manage the waste. "It's a huge challenge in mountains to keep the environment clean," Dutheil said, adding that Himalayas are also facing an instant threat of global warming.
According to him, the campaign will continue in the coming seasons.
