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Nepal is facing an interesting dilemma: What to do about the rising volume of human waste left behind by the hundreds of people who attempt to climb Mount Everest every year.The topic has garnered a lot of headlines lately. It’s a growing problem, not to mention a health hazard.According to a recent TIME.com article, roughly 700 climbers and guides are on Everest for two months during the brief climbing season, which usually runs March through May. More than 4,000 people have made the climb since Sir Edmund Hillary first summited the world’s highest peak in 1953.Even at the base camps,
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