Harvey,
fa·ce·tious
[fuh-see-shuhs]
1.not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
2.amusing; humorous.
Of course I don't want trash to pile up on Everest. I wish people would think the same way about putting billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere each year, but that's for another thread (an and endless one at that - so let's not actually start one).
Just pointing out the absurdity in this plan. The penalty for not bringing back trash is $4,000 for an entire 7-person group, which sounds like a lot until you read that they're cutting fees from $25,000 to $11,000 to entice even more individual trophy hunting climbers. So a person can leave all their trash behind and still pay less than last year. Time will tell which way it goes - whether they collect enough trash to offset the greater number of climbers who might still leave trash.
