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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 10:09 AM
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Climate change making Everest ascent harder: sherpa
Source: Reuters

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa who holds the world record for climbing Mount Everest said on Monday rising temperatures were melting snow and turning the slopes barren, making it even harder to scale the world's tallest peak.

Apa Sherpa, back from his 19th successful ascent of Everest last week, said a snow trail along the route to the peak was now just a stretch of bare rocks, as climate change pushed up snowlines and shrank glaciers.

"This makes climbing the mountain difficult because walking on naked rocks wearing crampons is hard," Sherpa, 49, told Reuters after his expedition during which he carried a banner that read: "Stop Climate Change; Let the Himalayas Live!"

Apa Sherpa climbed the 8,850 meters (29,035 feet) peak on Thursday to highlight the consequences of climate change on the Himalayas.



Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idINTRE54O1I920090525
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Mnemosyne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:06 AM
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1. At least now they can find more of the trash left behind. So sad. knr n/t
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here_is_to_hope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:19 AM
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3. I know, considering the amount of energy
and trash/waste generated to climb that mountain, to speak out against climate change is a bit silly.
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ohio2007 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:18 AM
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2. maybe he's just getting "long in the sherpa tooth".
Yes, blame it on global warming
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Ezlivin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 11:22 AM
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4. Solution: More right-wing mountain climbers
They need to get someone up to the summit of Everest who can deny that anything is happening!
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-25-09 07:28 PM
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5. I've done just enough mixed climbing on ice and rock to convince me
it is best left to the big boys. And I can't fathom doing it at 25,000+ ft.

The crampon-screeching-on-rock thing is worse than fingernails on a chalkboard, too.
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