When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...

Advocates hope the drones can help cut down on fatal accidents on Everest, which has seen an increasing amount of them as climate change causes snow to melt faster. "Sherpas bear enormous risks ...

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. A rope fixing ...

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 Doctors who find the route through Everest's dangerous Khumbu Icefall will no longer have to hunt for a safe way by trial and error. Cargo drones will ...

Thousands of jobs at Mount Everest may soon be at risk after plans to replace humans with Chinese drones were announced. Sherpas, a Tibetan ethnic group, undertake perilous tasks on foot every day ...

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.