Whether hauling waste off the world’s highest peak or rescuing flood victims in Ukraine, drones are reshaping the frontlines ...

Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person, navigated a four hour hike through the ...

Enlisting drones can help speed up the process to collect rubbish and reduce the danger for Sherpas. Read more at ...

“We’re very happy,” said Lhakpa Nuru Sherpa, a 33-year-old Sherpa at local expeditions firm Asian Trekking who has reached ...

Sherpas working on Mount Everest carry all that and more – 20 kilograms (44 pounds) per person – navigating a four-hour hike ...

High above the Himalayas, where the air grows thin and the risks rise, a drone roughly the weight of a baby yak, but with ...

A Nepalese drone technology company has used UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) on Mount Everest to transport crucial ...

The Southeast Ridge ascent passes the familiar landmarks that, over the decades, have come to define the peak: Khumbu Icefall ...

Some estimate 50 metric tons of trash remain on Mount Everest due to decades of climbing and lax regulations. But these unmanned aerial vehicles are being utilized to try to clean up one of the ...

Between mid-April and mid-May, the drones operated by Nepal-based firm Airlift Tech­nology handled more than 280kg of refuse, according to the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee, a local ...