From Human Corpses to Excreta: Is Everest a Mess? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

From Human Corpses to Excreta: Is Everest a Mess? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

On May 29, 1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay did the impossible - by scaling the world's highest mountain - Mount Everest. For the next 20 years, many tried to reach the peak but only 600 succeeded. But now, this number is achievable in just one season. This has led to a "traffic jam" on Mount Everest. Videos show long queues of climbers stuck amidst mounds of snow, overflowing waste and dead corpses. Why is that? Why do so many people want to scale the Everest? Is everyone suddenly a pro-climber? Has the need for glory on social media led to people chasing the impossible? Palki Sharma tells you.

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