Irian glaciers cleaned up

Irian glaciers cleaned up

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A 20 member clean-up team of PT Freeport
Indonesia has removed some 800 kilograms of refuse from the
Carstenz and Meren glaciers at the top of the Jayawijaya
mountains.

PT Freeport, which operates a giant mining company near one of
the world's last remaining equatorial glaciers, said yesterday
the team found everything from home-made crampons, gloves and
plastic bags to poles.

The materials had accumulated over the years, discarded by
climbers and natives who use trails to travel between villages on
opposite sides of the mountains.

The Carstenz and Meren glaciers have long been great
attractions to mountaineers from both Indonesia and abroad. (pan)