Four bodies have been retrieved from Everest and some ten tonnes of garbage plucked from the mountain at the end of this year’s climbing season, Nepal authorities said Monday. Global warming means melting glaciers are revealing human remains and rubbish, which has gathered over decades of commercial mountaineering and as an increasing number of big-spending climbers who pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind. Dandu Raj Ghimire of Nepal’s tourism department told AFP they are being identified.
