Published:12:01 EDT, 2 June 2026|Updated:12:01 EDT, 2 June 2026
Mount Everest's highest campsite has been transformed into a garbage heap, with a video showing abandoned tents, empty oxygen bottles and human waste littering the snow.
Footage published on social media shows Camp IV, the highest campsite on Earth, full of piles of rubbish left behind by climbing groups, with scores of worn-out yellow tents flapping in gale-force winds.
Situated on the South Col, Camp IV can be found between Mount Everest and Lhotse, the highest and fourth-highest mountains in the world, respectively.
Trash: Mount Everest's highest campsite has been transformed into a garbage heap, with a video showing abandoned tents, empty oxygen bottles and human waste littering the snow
At 26,000ft, the camp is the final place to rest before mountaineers attempt their push through the 'Death Zone' towards the 29,032ft summit.
'What should be one of the most extraordinary places on the planet has, in many ways, become one of the ugliest faces of Everest's commercialisation,' Everest Today, an account dedicated to climbing the mountain, posted on X on Monday.
'Abandoned tents, empty oxygen bottles, food cans, torn gear, and other waste are scattered across the South Col, turning the world's highest campsite into a graveyard of climbing equipment.
'The mountain deserves better.'
A record number of 274 people scaled Mount Everest via Nepal on a single day in May, with the influx of visitors exacerbating the litter issue.
Source: Drudge Report
