But environmental activists are using the occasion to call attention to the tons and tons of garbage — and human excrement — that have been left on Mt ... they are painting isn't pretty.

Breashears summited Mount Everest five times ... organization that “highlights changes to Himalayan glaciers through art, science, and adventure.” “With GlacierWorks, he used his climbing ...

One organization, Sagarmatha Next, is raising awareness of the issue by making art out of trash. More from So Expensive Mount Everest is littered with an estimated 50 metric tons of waste ...