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‘Heavy Lifter’ Garbage Drones Set to Solve Mount Everest’s Trash Problem
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8/12/2024
Mount Everest is the highest point on Earth, ushering now hundreds of adventures to try their hand at the summit every year. However, that means that the face of the mountain has become cluttered with garbage, but perhaps maybe not for long.
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Mount Everest is the highest point on earth, ushering in hundreds of adventurers to try
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their hand at the summit every year.
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However, that means that the face of the mountain has become covered with garbage, but perhaps
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maybe not for long.
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According to Insider, climbers have left a staggering 50 metric tons of trash on the
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slopes of the mountain, which is why Nepal now plans to deploy an army of trash carrying
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drones to fly up there and bring the garbage down.
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They're referring to them as heavy lifter drones, and they are able to fly to high altitudes
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where they can then be loaded up with refuse.
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Test flights were already completed back in April, with just one drone being able to remove
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some 500 pounds of trash in an hour.
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With the Kathmandu Post reporting that would have taken a dozen Sherpas around six hours.
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Not to mention, it is much more dangerous for the local travel guides and mountain stewards,
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and that's a particular concern in the Khumbu Icefall, a 1.6 mile stretch of ice just above
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Everest Base Camp.
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One that is constantly sliding down the mountain at a rate of around three to four feet a day.
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In fact, just last year, three Sherpas died in an avalanche in that very section, meaning
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these drones could clean the mountain's face, all while saving lives.
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