“A real catastrophe’: Reinhold Messner criticizes selfie tourists on Mount Everest. The 79-year-old complains about garbage, feces and, above all, the excessive flow of visitors.
One woman is said to have even paid six million dollars for promotion, Messner shakes his head. At least there is now a new rule: mountaineers have to carry their excrement back to base camp. Long queues often form in narrow passages, which can be dangerous at 8,000 meters.