Mount Everest climbers must bag their poop to bring back to base camp – National

For the uninitiated, it’s perhaps a dilemma you’ve never considered: where do you poop when you’re climbing Mount Everest? According to new rules from local authorities, the answer is into specially designed, biodegradable poop bags. “Our mountains have begun to stink,” Mingma Sherpa, chairman of the Pasang Lhamu rural municipality, told the BBC. Under the … Read more

2-year-old may be youngest person ever to reach Mt. Everest base camp – National

A two-year-old Scottish toddler is believed to be the youngest person ever to reach a Mount Everest base camp. Carter Dallas “climbed” to the south base camp in Nepal on his father Ross’ back alongside his mother Jade, multiple U.K. outlets report. The trek brought them 17,598 feet (5,364 metres) above sea level, a dizzying … Read more