Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris ...

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

Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he and his clients will inhale xenon gas, which he says helps with ...

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

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 ...

Photographer and climber Cory Richards spoke on Friday as part of the Wheeler Opera House's Changemaker Speaker Series in ...

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 ...

More than 300 people have died climbing Mount Everest — the tallest peak in the world, located in the Himalayas near the China-Nepal border. On May 10, 1996, four different expeditions attempted ...