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

The Everest Base Camp trek is one of the most sought-after trekking undertakings in the world, drawing in thousands of ...

Trials began in 2024 when Chinese drone manufacturer DJI teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift and mountain guide Mingma Gyalje Sherpa. They completed the first successful drone ...

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 ...

The Sherpa Ice ... 1 on the Nepal side of Everest cannot skirt the Khumbu Icefall. This unstable, broken section of the Khumbu Glacier is the most dangerous part of the mountain, and Sherpas ...

Jereme Watt’s film combines the requisite breathtaking shots of majestic towering peaks with insights into the profound spiritual significance of Mount Everest to the devout Buddhist Sherpas.

The spring climbing season will begin in the next several weeks in the Himalayas – including teams headed to Mount Everest ... Climbers and their Sherpa guides must navigate this treacherous ...

high-altitude cinematography that captures both the mountain’s grandeur and the harsh realities faced by the Sherpas.” Everest Dark is an Intuitive Pictures and Merit Motion Pictures production.

Goods that would normally take seven hours to be transported by foot from Everest's base camp to Camp I can be airlifted within 15 minutes.

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 ...