Is This the New Way to Climb Mount Everest?
Austrian guide Lukas Furtenbach will lead a one-week trip to the top of Everest and back this year. Prior to the ascent, he ...
Is “Everest” a True Story? A Look Back at the 1996 Disaster on Mount Everest That Took 8 Lives
Eight people died on Mount Everest in May 1996, but the film only highlights five of the deceased: guides Andrew Harris ...
Mount Everest is growing taller every day due to an unexpected geological force
Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby rivers. These rivers, cutting through deep gorges, have helped lift the mountain ...
Meet a banker from Thiruvananthapuram who is on a mission to climb the seven summits of the world
Anil Kumar Kannangal, a retired IAF personnel and a banker from Thiruvananthapuram talks about his tryst with mountaineering ...
Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot meal or two.
Health First Fitness: From Kilimanjaro to Everest, find your personal peak
Health First oncologist Dr. Ashish Dalal found his views on fitness transformed by climbing Kilimanjaro and Everest.
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Fireman to scale Mount Everest for charity
PETALING JAYA: A firefighter is gearing up to scale Mount Everest to raise funds for his ... and is now ready to take on the world’s tallest peak. “I’m scheduled to depart for Kathmandu ...
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Drones will do some schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
KATHMANDU, Nepal: Help may at last be on the way for the Nepali Sherpas who carry heavy loads for foreign climbers through treacherous sections of the world’s tallest peak. When the main ...
Could drones really replace sherpas on Everest? Successful trials see drones carry 33lbs of equipment to Camp 1
Trials began in 2024 when Chinese drone manufacturer DJI teamed up with Nepalese drone service company Airlift and mountain ...