Context:

• Concern over the human waste left behind by climbers on their way to the world’s highest mountain peak, Mount Everest.

Issue:

• It (human waste left by climbers on Mount Everest) has become a problem that is causing pollution and threatening to spread disease on the world’s highest peak.
• Climbers usually dig holes in the snow for their toilet use and leave the human waste there.
• The government had imposed new rules last year requiring each climber to bring down to the base camp 8 kg of trash, the amount it estimates a climber discards along the route. Climbing teams must leave a deposit of $4,000 which they lose if they don’t comply with the regulations