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a problem I always had in the
past. Cleaning in the death zone
is extremely difficult and requires
specialised manpower and
equipment. Together with Bally’s
support we were able to form
a team of 4 dedicated climbing
sherpas with all climbing gears
and oxygen equipment to be able
to stay and work in the death zone
for an extended duration of time.
This was not possible to do in the
past due to my limited financial
resources.

Another major difference that
my cooperation with Bally made
was the fact that for the first time
in history, we sent a cleaning
team to Everest Base Camp,
after the last climbers had left.
With no more tents and camps
to disturb, we were able to do
a thorough clean up of Everest
Base Camp and collected nearly
a ton of Garbage there. We were
also able to identify if any teams
had been polluting the glacier,
based on where we found the
garbage. I was then able to use
this information to approach those
expedition organizers to start a
Due to the nature of my work I trek that as a chore but I approach 3 times. There are three main life long dreams is a reward that is Share the activist activities you dialogue on the need for them to
in the mountains often which is it as game and derive a lot of reasons that Mt. Everest keeps incredibly fulfilling. are currently doing ? Please improve themselves in the future.
obviously the best exercise. When fun out of it. I go back to eating calling me back. share the Ballys campaign of Eight of the 10 highest mountains
I go the gym I will usually partake normally when I have completed 3. When I first climbed Mt. cleaning the Himalayas and in the world are in Nepal and
in structured training regimes like my goal or my project is complete. 1. I love the freedom and sense Everest in 2007, I saw that years your role in it: have been visited by climbers for
kick boxing and functional fitness. of connection with the ‘here and of irresponsible expeditions had many decades. Next year in 2020,
In terms of my diet, I maintain a What is your constant now’ that mountaineering gives caused garbage and debris to I am currently working with the together with Bally on the Peak
philosophy of eating sensible. This inspiration to scale the Everest, me. When we are climbing, our accumulate on the mountain. At Swiss luxury brand Bally on their Outlook Initiative, we will once
means eating whatever I like, but share a brief of your journey? focus is singular and our mind that time I promised myself that I Peak Outlook Initiative. Bally’s again form clean up teams to go
sizing the portions to meet my and body work together in unison. would clean up the mountain each mountain heritage stretches back and clean up all the base camps of
weight and fitness goals. When I feel that I am one of the few All the small and petty problems climbing season until there is no to the first ascent of Mt. Everest, Nepal’s eight 8000m peaks.
I get into a training regime for a people who are blessed to do in the outside world don’t matter more garbage left. I thus started when Tenzing Norgay Sherpa I’m also working closely with the
specific goal, I use an electronic the job that is also their passion. anymore. It’s almost a type of the Eco Everest Expeditions in stood on the summit of Mt. Ministry of Tourism to introduce
weighing scale and a calorie Since childhood, I have loved meditation for me. 2008 and my team and I have Everest wearing specially made better regulations to help protect
counting app which helps me the mountains, so it was only managed to clean up over 20,000 boots by Bally. Working together our mountain environment. But
keep track of my progress. At the natural that I would go into the 2. My biggest sense of kilograms of garbage from the this year, we cleaned over 1500kgs until such time as these new
same time I also use a watch with family business of organizing achievement is when I am slopes of Mt. Everest. That is the of garbage from Mt. Everest. regulations come into force, I
a fitness tracker to monitor my expeditions. I have climbed five able to lead a team safely and equivalent of four fully grown What made the partnership with will continue to stay true to my
calorie expenditure, so I can make 8000m mountains till date, of successfully to the summit of the Indian Elephant Bulls. Bally particularly impactful, is promise and keep the clean up
sure that my calorie intakes are which I have climbed everest highest mountain in the world. To that they helped me overcome campaign going.
balanced. Some people can see be able to help people fulfill their