A record-holding Sherpa guide concerned about garbage on higher camps on Mount Everest
KATHMANDU, Nepal — One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak's growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark Everest Day. HT Image Sherpa guide Kami Rita, who has scaled Mount Everest a record 30 times, was honored by Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal in Kathmandu on the anniversary of the first successful summit by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepali Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in 1953. “There had been cleanup campaigns but all of that have been for either Camp 2 or below.” Kami Rita also said Sherpa guides working on the mountain should have better conditions and benefits. Kami Rita first climbed Everest in 1994 and has been making the trip nearly every year since.
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