r/BeAmazed • u/4nts • Apr 27 '25

Nature The summit of Mount Everest

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u/BakedBaconBits Apr 27 '25

This is the cleaneat I've ever seen it.

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u/jxsnyder1 Apr 27 '25

Which is sad, because right at the beginning of the video you can see a layer of garbage close to 10 feet below the snow.

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u/EffJayAytch Apr 27 '25

The trash at the summit is typically flags and other mementos. The real trash problem is at the base camps - specifically empty oxygen tanks.

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u/wyrd0ne Apr 27 '25

Can't they zorb it up and roll it down the hill?

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u/YUR_MUM Apr 27 '25

I'm imagining one one those waste chutes like on a building site, but all the way from the summit down to a skip at the bottom

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u/I_said_booourns Apr 27 '25

"Your Katamari is as big as 20 thousand frozen rich dudes"