Action needs to be taken to clean up Everest's camps which are littered with wrecked tents and rubbish, a veteran climber has said.
This week shocking footage circulated of a point high up the 8,849m mountain strewn with trash left by some of those brave enough to take on the world's tallest peak.
A mountain which had never been conquered until 70 years ago yesterday is now regularly scaled by climbers from across the world walking in the footsteps of Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary.