Such incredible artists, to look at both the needs of their environment and the resources they have available at hand for creating their works of art. For all who wish to climb that mountain, I wonder if they take into consideration the impact they will leave behind after they have achieved their goal. For within each of us lies the potential to have a great positive impact or negative one on the world.

Some people have left a beloved legacy which reverberates down through the centuries, while others a horror which shudders the imagination and has left the world devastated. It is always a choice and not an automatic given which will happen.

The whole of mankind cannot be lumped together and labeled, although it is surely tempting to do so. Especially because of the evil we see so many doing about us. Some say, throw in the towel, give up on people.They are not worth saving, none are good, no not one. But look at the children, look at your loved ones and ask if that is really the case. Or are we just tired of negative attributes because that is all we hear about daily in the news?.There is a saying, "That which you focus on, you give more power to." The more you look at the negative in life, the more negative you see.

This story is touching on what people have left behind, yet it also shows how others are cleaning up while creating something beautiful. Demonstrating how even in negative situations, man has the capacity to seek out the positive.To find something inspirational and useful from an otherwise worthless item. That resourcefulness and capacity

The good that so many are doing doesn't often make the news. It won't sell because that doesn't peak people's particular kind of interest. So all the projects of reclamation, reforesting,cleaning rivers, removing dams, school kids helping clean up trash nor volunteers from neighborhoods adopting sections of highways, gets the attention they rightly deserve. Especially outside of their local areas if even that. Let's face it, some people are much more negative and cynical then others.

i am sorry but where is the art?

Windancersong--so very well said!

Here is a link to an article about the group which is featured in the article above. It includes some pictures of some of the sculptures.

project/http://www.france24.com/en/20121121-trash-exhibition-offers-fresh-peek-everest

This second link also provides more pictures of works created by wall painter Krishna Bahadur Thing, who is mentioned in the article.

http://kanchang.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/mt-everest-8848

If you folks think the trash they are talking about here is a problem consider what I found written with one of the photos I found on another web site.

Quote;

(Visitors look at art made from trash collected on Mount Everest at an exhibition in Nepal. Environmental activists say Everest is littered with the detritus of past expeditions, including human waste and mountaineers' corpses, which do not decompose because of the extreme cold.)

Link to pics; http://www.france24.com/en/20121121-trash-exhibition-offers-fresh-peek-everest

Now I understand that wanting to climb any mountain is a huge feat in itself but maybe these climbers should make considerations of what will be done if they do not make it and what will be done with there bodies if they perish on there climb.

If they are also being charged a $4,000 dollar deposit to make sure no garbage is left behind on the mountain then the authorities should be doing there jobs by finding out if trash was left behind and if it was paying the proper people to go and remove it with the proceeds from the climbers deposits. Weighing all the gear, supplies before they set off up the mountain would be one way of keeping track of what they started with but I'm sure there are better ideas as well. I also wonder if the deposit money is just lining someones pockets and not being used in the right way?

@windanddance thanks!

I've been there up to base camp, and while the climbers to the summit create a lot of trash, you would be shocked at how much trash is left on the lower trails. I was upset at what I assumed were fellow tourists for doing this when I saw it. Then my guide admitted that a huge portion of it is actually left around by those native to the area, and the tourists are actually quite conscientious about not littering.

As for the trash leading to the summit - when you are that depleted of oxygen and under that sort of physical strain, a small pocket camera feels like a 10pd weight in your pocket and you are just hoping you can keep walking. It is still wrong but those people are not in sound enough mind to worry about the environment. Re-tying a boot lace takes herculean effort. No one is going to keep holding on to empty canisters and damaged equipment. The outfitters sending groups up should take some responsibility for clean-up.

Humans are pigs; pigs without an environmental conscience

This is the case even in my neighborhoods relatively flat landscape. There are simply human beings who are piggish in their behavior. But I don't think their numbers exceed more than 20-30% of the population. But even that percentage can cause some amazing damage by their actions.

You would however think those who pursue their dreams by climbing this mountain would take better stewardship of their surroundings? Those who leave refuse in the death zone are almost understandable. But the guide groups that take them there should then be responsible for what they leave behind. Instead they leave it to the Sherpa's. To the Sherpa's the mountain itself is a God thus they feel a duty to keep it clean. They are also protecting their tourism dollars like I am protecting my property values by cleaning up after others. It has to be done.