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 ...

Drones are helping clean Mount Everest’s slopes, now so littered with waste that the peak is often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” ...

In his latest video, Ben Ayers addresses common misconceptions about the world’s highest peak, and discusses the treatment of ...

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

Drones have been deployed to haul garbage from Everest’s Camp 1, which sits at 6,065 meters above sea level down to base camp ...

It's often called the “world’s highest garbage dump.” Some estimate 50 metric tons of trash remain on Mount Everest due to decades of climbing and lax regulations. But these unmanned aerial vehicles ...

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 ...

A Nepalese drone technology company has used UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) on Mount Everest to transport crucial mountaineering equipment up perilous crevasses, and then using the same drones to ...

From bringing your own water filter to skipping a helicopter ride, we take a look at ways to reduce the environmental impact ...

Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ignited ...