Eco-Everest Base Camp Cleanup Trip by Hyderabadis

Hyderabad|India|August'2011: For Hyderabadis the recent litter cleanup drives at Durgam cheruvu and Anathagiri Hills may have been easy but the city adventurers from the reat Hyderabad Adventure Club are going high as 17500 feet with temperatures of - 20 degrees to the Everest Base camp, Nepal this October on a litter cleanup drive.

The Everest region attracts thousands of visitors every year, while its good for the local economy its gets bad for the environment.Visitors Leave back hoards of waste in form of plastic, paper and bottles. A Team from Hyderabad will leave for a 15 days Trek cum cleanup drive at the Everest Base Camp from 08 to 23 October 2011.Everest Base camp Trek is one of the top 10 destinations to visit before one dies as per lonely planet.

The Team will spend 2 days doing the cleapup at the Base Camp and the litter collected will be segregated into compost and buried down at Gorakshep Village. The rest of the non biodegradable litter will carried down to the village of Namche and deposited at the Garbage bins. The Team will put up no litter placards and create Eco-conservation awareness among the visitors and local population as they move from village to village on the journey to the base camp and back. The participants will be undergoing rigorous training for 1 month in the city with heavy backpacks ascending steep hills and climbing steps for a month as part of preparation for the trek and cleanup drive.

August.2011