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What price scaling Everest?

Queues, casualties and a clean-up campaign on Nepal’s 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. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Nepali’s 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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