Climbers are Pooping All Over Mt. Everest and Making It Gross

Why is there so much poop on Mt. Everest?

As far as exploring goes, Mt. Everest isn’t a treasure trove of earthly discoveries. Alluring and majestic as it certainly is, there’s little in the way of new species to discover (since hardly anything can live at that altitude), nor is it overflowing with artifacts to connect us to our human history. Well, unless…