France, April 4 -- A group of Nepalese climbers have removed a whopping 2.2 tons of trash from the world's highest peak in an exercise now set to gather steam this month when Nepal's army will start scouring for trash on five other mountains besides Mount Everest. This comes as Covid restrictions are lifted and the spring climbing season gets underway.

The Nepalese climbers spent 47 days since September last year to collect rubbish around the 17,900-foot base camp of Mount Everest.

The expedition backed by a Swiss luxury brand took advantage of the lull in tourism in Nepal because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Environmental activist Dawa Steven Sherpa who led the exercise spoke of the event in a video post on 1 April.

"When we take away g...