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What price scaling Everest?

Queues, casualties and a clean-up campaign on Nepal鈥檚 holy mountain.

Mount Everest in Nepal draws hundreds of climbers every year keen to scale the world's highest peak. But the effort comes at a high price, both in lives lost, and the cost to the environment. 麻豆社 Nepali鈥檚 Surendra Phuyal reports on the campaign to clean up the rubbish left behind by the climbers on Nepal's holy mountain.

Image: queuing to reach the peak of Everest
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