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

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

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

Navigating Everest's Khumbu Icefall is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Tour operators hope drones will help ...

Sherpa on Mount Everest is a dangerous job. They transport equipment through the dangerous Khumbu Icefall. Drones are supposed to reduce the danger. Sherpas on Mount Everest, the highest mountain ...

EXCLUSIVE: Nepali mountaineer Mingma Tsiri Sherpa is a legend in the climbing community – the first person from his country, ...

The spring climbing season for 2025 is expected to be a robust one, as per Rishi Bhandari, General Secretary of Expedition ...

The Sherpa Ice Doctors who find the route through Everest's dangerous Khumbu Icefall will not have to hunt for a safe way by ...

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

With the 2025 climbing season set to start soon, preparations are in full swing to smoothly manage expeditions on various mountains, including Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak.

The catalyst for the use of drones was the latest of the many deadly tragedies involving Sherpas on Everest. In 2023, three of the mountain guides were buried under an avalanche as they fixed rope ...