{"id":7086,"date":"2011-06-16T14:36:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T21:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=7086"},"modified":"2011-06-16T14:36:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T21:36:51","slug":"saving-mount-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/06\/16\/saving-mount-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Mount Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I never knew. Since 1953 when the first expedition scaled Mt. Everest there has been a steadily accumulating mini mountain of rubbish left behind by climbers and tourists. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savingmounteverest.org\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Saving Mount Everest<\/a> is a project to remove the EIGHT TONS of trash the visitors didn&#8217;t take back with them and to teach the locals about solid waste management. Add this to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Great_Pacific_Garbage_Patch\" target=\"_blank\">Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/a> that is about the size of Texas and you have proof that there are human pigs everywhere thinking that the earth is their own personal dumpster.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Saving Mount Everest\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.savingmounteverest.org\/en\/home.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.savingmounteverest.org\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"7087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/06\/16\/saving-mount-everest\/saving-mount-everest\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?fit=229%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"229,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Saving Mount Everest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?fit=229%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7087\" title=\"Saving Mount Everest\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?resize=229%2C343\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?w=229&amp;ssl=1 229w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Saving-Mount-Everest.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I never knew. Since 1953 when the first expedition scaled Mt. Everest there has been a steadily accumulating mini mountain of rubbish left behind by climbers and tourists. Saving Mount Everest is a project to remove the EIGHT TONS of trash the visitors didn&#8217;t take back with them and to teach the locals about solid &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/06\/16\/saving-mount-everest\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-1Qi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13470,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/11\/barcoding-biodiversity-in-costa-rica\/","url_meta":{"origin":7086,"position":0},"title":"Barcoding Biodiversity in Costa Rica","date":"November 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I attended a free one-hour lecture at the San Diego Natural History Museum last night. 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