Clean up the 'dead zone' on the roof of the world

20 Nepalese mountain climbers will climb Mount Everest this week to clean up the rubbish piles that existed for decades in what is considered a "death zone".

Today Mount Everest has become the highest landfill in the world.Photo: blogspot.com.

Today, apart from the title of 'the roof of the world', Mount Everest is also considered the highest landfill on the planet. Many mountain climbers leave tents, furniture in the 'death zone' while going down the mountain because they are too tired to get there.

Namgyal Sherpa, who once climbed Everest Mountain 7 times, confirmed that no one had ever thought of clearing garbage at an altitude of over 8,000 m - a place called 'death zone' due to lack of oxygen and rugged terrain. So Sherpa and mountain climbers decided to launch a campaign called Extreme Everest Expedition 2010 to clean the highest mountain.

Reuters said Sherpa and his team will climb Mount Everest along with empty backpacks and special bags. They will cope with thin air and cold temperatures to pick up tents, bottles, ropes, cans and many other things between the southern pass and the top of the mountain.

'This is the first time we cleaned up the garbage in the death zone. This job is very difficult and dangerous. Previously, the garbage was buried beneath the snow, but now they are exposed after the snow melts because of global warming. Garbage causes countless troubles for mountain climbers. Many piles of garbage existed from 1953 , 'Sherpa said.

More than 4,000 people ever climb Mount Everest. 'Roof of the world' is creating an important source of income for Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world

Sherpa's group hopes they will bring down at least 2,000 kg of garbage and the body of a climber who died two years ago.

'I have seen three corpses lying in the death zone for many years. We will take the body of a Swiss climber who died in 2008, because this family has agreed , 'Sherpa said.