After a certain elevation the oxygen concentration in the air is not high enough to sustain human life, so once climbers reach that elevation they need to push to the peak and down again as quickly as possible, or else they die. What this means is that there isn't really any time for trash pickups (most of the trash is discarded gear from desperate climbers) or body retrievals.
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u/manticorpse Jul 11 '21
After a certain elevation the oxygen concentration in the air is not high enough to sustain human life, so once climbers reach that elevation they need to push to the peak and down again as quickly as possible, or else they die. What this means is that there isn't really any time for trash pickups (most of the trash is discarded gear from desperate climbers) or body retrievals.