Mountaineers of various countries are to take part in a campaign to clean the world's highest peak Mt. Qomolangma, Nepali National News Agency RSS reported on Sunday.

According to the report, a total of 18 mountaineers from South Korea, Austria, France and 15 from Nepal are to be a part of the campaign that will be held up to 8,000 meters of the 8848-meter mountain.

The 30-day campaign will be led by South Korean mountaineer Hangwang Yong, who has scaled all the 14 mountains above 8,000 meters in the world.

Speaking at a press conference here Saturday, Hangwang said the team targets to collect at least 5000 kg of solid waste from Mt. Qomolangma and added that the oxygen cylinders left in the peak by South Korean mountaineers will be returned back to South Korea.

Prior to the cleanliness campaign, a 10-member South Korean Medical Team is to run a health camp at Namche bazaar of Solukhumbu district in eastern Nepal, some 400 km north-east of Kathmandu.

Source: Xinhua