Xinhua, Tibet, May 11 (He Penglei, Zhang Wei) The Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau and the China Mountaineering Association held a spring mountaineering garbage cleaning and recycling ceremony in Mount Everest on the 11th.

The picture shows Tibetan mountain staff and mountain guides picking up rubbish at the Everest camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters. Photo courtesy of the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau

The picture shows Tibetan mountain staff and mountain guides picking up rubbish at the Everest camp at an altitude of 6,500 meters. Photo courtesy of the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau

The picture shows the Xixiabangma Peak 5114 meters to 5800 meters above sea level area to clean up mountain climbing garbage. Photo courtesy of the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau

  2020 is the 60th anniversary of the first Chinese summit of Mount Everest and the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Mountaineering Team. It is understood that the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau will carry out the 2020 spring mountaineering garbage removal activities, mainly by the Tibet Autonomous Region Mountaineering Team, the Tibet Autonomous Region Mountaineering Association, the Tibet Holy Mountain Company, and the Tibet Lhasa Himalaya Mountaineering Guide School. The mountaineering garbage of Aoyoufeng and Xixiabangmafeng was fully cleaned up.

The picture shows the Xixiabangma Peak 5114 meters to 5800 meters above sea level area to clean up mountain climbing garbage. Photo courtesy of the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau

On May 11, the Mount Everest Base Camp held the 2020 spring mountaineering garbage collection and recycling. Photo by He Penglei

On May 11, the Mount Everest Base Camp held the 2020 spring mountaineering garbage collection and recycling. Photo by He Penglei

  It is reported that due to the need for prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the Tibet Autonomous Region Mountaineering Management Center has previously issued an announcement to suspend the reception of foreign mountaineering teams in the spring of 2020, which provides a time window for the centralized cleaning of mountaineering garbage. (Finish)

On May 11, the Mount Everest Base Camp held the 2020 spring mountaineering garbage collection and recycling. Photo by He Penglei

On May 11, the Mount Everest Base Camp held the 2020 spring mountaineering garbage collection and recycling. Photo by He Penglei

On May 11, the staff loaded the classified mountain climbing garbage into the truck. Photo by He Penglei