1 . Today, Mount Qomolangma’s peak is not a lonely place any more. Over 3500 people have 1 (successful) climbed the mountain over the past years. Meanwhile, climbers have complained about 2 (wait) for hours in the bottlenecks.
In fact, the dangerous 3 (crowd) aren't the only problem. All those climbers need 4 (bring) a lot of gear (装置) and much of them ends up being left on the mountains, becoming the world's 5 (tall) rubbish dump.
But the good news is 6 some mountaineers are overtaking it to clean up Qomolangma. Mountaineers Paul and Eberhard are part of Eco Everest Expedition which has been cleaning up rubbish since 2008. So far they 7 (collect)over 13 tons of garbage.
Some of that rubbish is even being used for 8 higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project. a group of 15 artists Nepal collected 1.5 tons of garbage. They’ve changed the cans and oxygen tanks into 74 piece of art that are exhibited 9 Nepal’s capital. Part of the profit from sales 10 (be) available for the Everest Pakeers Association which has helped ole rubbish of the mountain.