In May 2006, Ken Noguchi, the internationally famous Japanese mountain climber, returned to the Himalayan peaks with colleagues to carry out “climbing for cleaning” for the fifth time. Every visit they find several tons of garbage left behind by members of climbing expeditions, including heavy climbing gear such as oxygen cylinders.

The network supporting Noguchi's actions to clean up the mountains is spreading in both the public and private domain, and “climbing for cleaning” has begun on other mountains, including Mt. Fuji, Japan's highest mountain. Noguchi's dream is to find support for his efforts by getting more and more people interested in the environmental protection of mountains.

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