Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to Mount Everest's summit AFP/Doma SHERPA

KATHMANDU: A dedicated clean-up team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tonnes of rubbish in its first two weeks, officials said Wednesday (May 1), in an ambitious plan to clean the world's highest rubbish dump.