More than 10 tons of trash, four bodies and one skeleton have been removed from Mount Everest and other Himalayan mountains during the annual cleanup by the Nepalese army, according to a report.
The collection of rubbish and corpses from Everest, Nuptse and Lhotse mountains took 55 days, the BBC reported on Thursday.
An annual sprucing up of the peaks began in 2019 because of safety and overcrowding concerns among climbers lining up to reach the summit of the world's tallest mountain - 29,302 feet.
In all, the five cleanups have cleared the mountains of 119 tons of trash, 14 corpses and some skeletons, the report said.
Estimates put the number of bodies on Everest at more than 200.
The Nepalese government will begin having mountain rangers monitor the amount of garbage and allocate more money to its collection, Nepal's Department of Tourism director of mountaineering Rakesh Gurung told the BBC.
More than 600 people climbed the mountain this spring season, the government said.
Eight hikers died or went missing this year.
