Rubbish piles up at Everest’s highest camp after record climbing season

Mount Everest’s highest campsite is strewn with abandoned tents, empty oxygen bottles and human waste, footage has shown.

A video clip posted to social media of Camp IV, the highest campsite on Earth, shows battered tents flapping in gale-force winds and mounds of rubbish left behind by climbing expeditions.

The camp is situated around 26,000ft and is the final place to rest before mountaineers attempt their push to the 29,032ft summit.

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