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. By lightening the Sherpas’ burdens, drone operators ...
With Everest climbing season opening again imminently, the idea of using drones on the world's tallest mountain to ease the load on sherpas has been making waves Officials in Nepal are gearing up ...
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 ...
Gelje Sherpa (pic), 30, was guiding a Chinese client to the 8,849m (29,032ft) Everest summit on May 18 when he saw the Malaysian climber clinging to a rope and shivering from extreme cold in the ...
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 ...
Jereme Watt’s film combines the requisite breathtaking shots of majestic towering peaks with insights into the profound spiritual significance of Mount Everest to the devout Buddhist Sherpas.