The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot ...

For the first time, drones will be used on Mount Everest to carry gear and clean up, helping Sherpas and improving safety ...

Kushang Sherpa, an HMI instructor who had climbed Mount Everest five times from three sides — southeast ridge, northeast ...

When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest ... is responsible for fixing the route through the deadly Khumbu Icefall, southwest of Everest’s summit. For about a year ...

Trials began in 2024 when Chinese drone manufacturer DJI teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift and mountain ...

To avoid such accidents, transport drones from the Chinese drone manufacturer DJI will in future show the Sherpas an accessible route. The main climbing season on Mount Everest begins in April.

A squad of climbers, steeled by ascents in the Tetons, made a historic Himalayan climb in 1963, even after the mountain claimed one of their own.

American ultrarunner Tyler Andrews has set a bold goal for 2025: the speed record on Mount Everest—without supplemental ...

It is safe to say that Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner is not afraid of heights. As a professional mountaineer, her specialty is ...

Sherpas on Mount Everest fear for their jobs after plans were announced to use Chinese drones to ferry equipment up and down the world’s tallest mountain. Perilous tasks that used to take hours by ...