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Drones can deliver supplies on Mount Everest this year, and it may change climbing forever
A new drone service is delivering supplies such as ladders and oxygen cylinders on Mount Everest, making it safer for Sherpas ...
Get to Base Camp Late! Tips We Learned at a Mount Everest Safety Briefing.
Our Everest correspondent recently attended a pre-climb meeting held by guiding company Seven Summit Treks in downtown ...
Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mt. Everest for a 31st time, breaking his own record
One of the greatest mountain guides, Kami Rita, will attempt to scale the world's highest peak for the 31st time — and ...
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Astronomers discover doomed planet shedding a Mount Everest's worth of material every orbit, leaving behind a comet-like tail
Scientists have discovered a planet that is literally falling apart as it orbits its star. Located about 140 light-years from ...
Drones To Deliver Supplies, Pick Trash And Help Sherpas On Mount Everest
The trials have already started with Airlift Nepal's first clean-up drive, involving a drone being used to bring down about ...
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Mount Everest guide Ang Dawa Sherpa moves to Vermont and earns his CDL with support from VSAC
Ang Dawa Sherpa nearly perished on his first Everest climb because he wasn’t prepared; then he went to school in Nepal for a mountain guide degree. After moving to the US, he wasn’t surprised to find ...
How High Can A Helicopter Fly? (And Can It Get To The Top Of Mount Everest?)
Didier Delsalle landed on the top of Everest in a Eurocopter AS 350 B3. This feat went down as the highest helicopter landing ...
Famed Sherpa guide will attempt to climb Mount Everest for a 31st time and break his own record
One of the greatest mountain guides will attempt to scale the world’s highest peak for the 31st time — and possibly the 32nd ...