Eight members of the Indian army plan to ski down Mount Everest in September, almost doubling the number of people who are believed to have already ski down Everest (about half of them, unsuccessfully – with a number never reaching the bottom).
The eight will be part of a larger team of 28 members of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police who will all climb to Everest’s 8,850m summit and collect rubbish left lying on the top of the mountain by previous expeditions. The 20 non-skiers will return with the collected rubbish on foot.

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