Kanchha Sherpa, 91, was one of the legendary team of 35 to conquer Mount Qomolangma on May 29, 1953, with Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The team was the first group to the top of the mountain. And Kanchha, a Sherpa from the Tibetan ethnic group that lives in the mountains, is the last surviving member of the team.
Kanchha is furious at the current state of the mountain, saying it is now crowded and dirty and not being respected as the god that it is. “They should not be dirtying the mountain. It is our biggest god and they should not be dirtying the gods,” said Kanchha. “Qomolangma is the biggest god for the Sherpas but people smoke and eat meat and throw rubbish on the mountain.” Sherpas like Kanchha consider Everest as “goddess mother of the world” and perform rituals (仪式) ahead of their climbs.
Since Kanchha’s first climb, thousands have climbed up the world’s tallest mountain. With increased numbers of visitors and also some who live on the mountain for months at a time, comes an influx of their garbage, which has caused concern. There are rules in place that climbers must carry out their own trash and equipment or risk losing their deposit, but enforcement (执行) has proven ineffective. During the spring of 2023, 667 climbers climbed to the top, bringing thousands of support staff to the mountain’s base camp.
“It is very dirty now. People throw tins and wrappings after eating food. Who is going to pick them up now?” said Kanchha. “Some climbers just throw their trash in the deep crack, which would be hidden at that time but eventually it will flow down to base camp as the snow melts and carries them downward,” Kanchha said a solution would be to limit the number of climbers allowed. However, authorities are not decreasing the number of permits they issue. “Right now there is always a big crowd of people at the mountaintop,” Kanchha said.
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