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

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

Mt. Everest may get smart solar-powered traffic lights and advisory signs, all linked to the number of climbers and weather ...

Independent climbers hoping to summit Nepal's 8,000m peaks without supplementary oxygen or Sherpa support can relax. They're ...

KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the ...

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 ...

Everest Base Camp. Most teams pursuing the southeast ridge route, via Nepal, began their trek to Base Camp from Lukla. This small town in the Khumbu region of eastern Nepal sits at an altitude of ...

Before every climbing season, they assemble at the Everest base camp for the daunting mission of establishing a route through the shifting ice. They carry heavy loads of ladders, fix them over ...