The Negative Effects Of Pollution On Everest
How would Everest look like if no one had ever reached its summit? Since Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit in 1953, around 4,000 others have conquered the mountain as well. Although this is a great achievement, there is a greater problem that deals with the pollution on Everest, such as gear and human waste that are left behind, which make it harder for climbers to climb this mountain. These issues change the way climbers may scale Everest in the future…
In the informative source, “The World’s Highest Mountain”, Sir Edmund Hillary is concerned about Everest’s environment, and the gear left behind. The author states, “Hillary was also deeply concerned about the environment... He also demanded that mountain climbers …show more content…
The passage states, “ By mid-2013, a total of nearly 4,000 people had reached the mountain’s summit. With that number of people comes an even greater amount of...human waste...Due to the extreme weather conditions on Everest, the debris stays frozen in place...Several organizations are now trying to clean up Mount Everest for good,” (“A Mountain of Garbage”, paragraph 2). This demonstrates that the amount of climbers has negatively impacted Everest by leaving their waste on it, potentially making it harder for climbers to climb the mountain. One can also see that the harsh conditions on Everest have made this infraction worse, by freezing the toxins in place. Furthermore, one can infer that since some of the waste is frozen, it makes it harder to remove it, which have worried organizations and now they are trying to clean it for good. The source also asserts, “Keeping the mountain clean isn’t always a risk-free pursuit, though. Climbers face strong winds, bitter cold, steep drops, and altitude sickness on Everest,” (“A Mountain of Garbage”, paragraph 4). This illustrates that the waste is hard to clean because of the risks involved. Furthermore, this may lead to it never getting cleaned up, which means that there might always be human waste on Everest. To sum up, human waste is clearly something that changed Everest and how people may look at it in the
In the informative source, “The World’s Highest Mountain”, Sir Edmund Hillary is concerned about Everest’s environment, and the gear left behind. The author states, “Hillary was also deeply concerned about the environment... He also demanded that mountain climbers …show more content…
The passage states, “ By mid-2013, a total of nearly 4,000 people had reached the mountain’s summit. With that number of people comes an even greater amount of...human waste...Due to the extreme weather conditions on Everest, the debris stays frozen in place...Several organizations are now trying to clean up Mount Everest for good,” (“A Mountain of Garbage”, paragraph 2). This demonstrates that the amount of climbers has negatively impacted Everest by leaving their waste on it, potentially making it harder for climbers to climb the mountain. One can also see that the harsh conditions on Everest have made this infraction worse, by freezing the toxins in place. Furthermore, one can infer that since some of the waste is frozen, it makes it harder to remove it, which have worried organizations and now they are trying to clean it for good. The source also asserts, “Keeping the mountain clean isn’t always a risk-free pursuit, though. Climbers face strong winds, bitter cold, steep drops, and altitude sickness on Everest,” (“A Mountain of Garbage”, paragraph 4). This illustrates that the waste is hard to clean because of the risks involved. Furthermore, this may lead to it never getting cleaned up, which means that there might always be human waste on Everest. To sum up, human waste is clearly something that changed Everest and how people may look at it in the