Last March, Bianca Adler (17 years old) and her father set off from Melbourne (Australia) to begin what was considered the biggest challenge of her life: Conquering Mount Everest.
Height is not something unfamiliar to Adler. Before Everest, she had stood on many peaks of 4,000-6,000m. Notably, she also set a record at Manaslu (8,163m, 8th highest in the world ), becoming the youngest woman to ever reach the highest point of the mountain.
Adler told People magazine that she had trained very seriously for previous peaks and continued to prepare for Everest.
Bianca Adler is a girl with a lot of experience climbing 4,000-6,000m peaks (Photo: People).
“I do cardio 5-6 days a week on the stair climber, indoor bike, and incorporate specific strength training exercises for climbing. My dad and I also do 6-8 day trekking trips in the Australian Alps, covering 25-30km each day, minimizing the amount of water and food we bring,” she added.
Adler said the trips during her training journey built her stamina and endurance, helping her get used to overcoming the discomfort of climbing.
However, climbing Mount Everest is not just a physical or mental race. For young people like Adler, this experience also comes with a series of very ordinary challenges that few people can imagine, including… going to the toilet in a harsh environment.
Bianca Adler climbing Mount Everest at the age of 17 (Photo: People).
On social networks, Adler caused a stir when sharing about his mountain climbing journey as well as how to go to the toilet in harsh weather conditions.
She said the way individual needs are met depends on the location on the mountain. In the lower areas, conditions are relatively “comfortable”. Each camp is equipped with a small tent with a special container inside for climbers to squat.
These bins are lined with biodegradable bags, then collected by staff and transported to a centralized processing area. However, in strong winds and low temperatures, maintaining balance and handling quickly is still a challenge, especially at night.
The higher up the mountain, the more difficult it becomes. With no toilet tents or shelter from the wind, climbers must use special bags with an absorbent layer and a solidified gel layer to contain their waste.
Climbers will have to find a sheltered corner behind a rock or use their backpacks for a few minutes because the temperature can drop to very low levels. After use, climbers must tie the bag tightly and carry it with them until they go down the mountain.
“There is no way to leave anything on the mountain,” Adler said.
She admits that carrying her own waste while exhausted, lacking oxygen and carrying dozens of kilograms of equipment is not a pleasant experience. But it is a mandatory requirement, because in the past, many people secretly left bags of trash on the mountain, leading to increasingly serious pollution.
Sharing with the media, Roland Hunter - Director of the trekking and expedition organization in the Himalayas and Karakoram - said that Nepalese authorities currently require each climber to bring down at least 8kg of trash, otherwise they will lose the fund of 4,000 USD (about 105 million VND) used to support the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee.
She said she would bring down the mountain everything she brought up the mountain (Photo: People).
“This year, they even used drones to pick up trash from the high camps, reducing the danger for climbers. For my part, I always try to leave the mountain in the most intact state . Everything I bring up, from food packaging, equipment, batteries to oxygen tanks, has to be brought down,” Adler said.
Source: https://dantri.com.vn/du-lich/co-gai-17-tuoi-chinh-phuc-everest-ke-chuyen-te-nhi-o-do-cao-tu-than-20251127181058092.htm
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