Japanese mountaineer Ken Nagouchi leads clean-up climbs of Mt. Everest. The latest such trip yielded 1,100 pounds of trash discarded by expidetioners along the way to legendary heights.
For more on the project, check out this Time Asia profile (photo from Time.com);
Or this conversation with marine ecologist and longtime resident of Japan, Jack Moyer.
Tags: clean-up
everydaytrash 
Monday, May 28, 2007 at 4:19 pm |
No “pack it in, pack it out” ethic for the elite? Perhaps some form of congestion pricing adapted for climbers and their trash is in order.
Mr. Noguchi, on the other hand, rocks.
Monday, May 28, 2007 at 8:58 pm |
Yes he does.