Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he ...

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

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 ...

Mount Everest attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year, bringing welcome cash flow to locals along trekking routes. However, the tourism industry is changing ... to a more connected and clean ...

Sherpa on Mount Everest is a dangerous job ... The drones will also be used to retrieve ladders for setting up routes and to carry away waste left behind by climbers. Sherpas need around seven ...

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 ...

Hari Budha Magar MBE from Canterbury summited Mount Everest in 2023. The price to climb the world's tallest peak will soon increase for the first time in almost a decade. People are walking up the ...

Andrews hopes his attempt will encourage other high-level mountain athletes to come to the Himalayas in search of FKTs ...

Everest, the world's highest peak. The Expedition Operators Association of Nepal (EOAN) today handed over ropes and necessary assignments to 8K Expeditions Pvt. Ltd. to build summit routes on Mt.