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Cat Ellis

Climbers are pooping all over Everest, and officials have had enough

Mountaineers and yaks at Everest base camp.

Mountaineers must now pack out their poop while climbing Everest and bring it back down with them, say Nepalese officials disgusted by conditions on the mountain.

Mingma Sherpa, chairman of Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, told the BBC: "Our mountains have begun to stink. We are getting complaints that human stools are visible on rocks and some climbers are falling sick. This is not acceptable and erodes our image."

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