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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Mount Everest's new Sherpas? Drones will now do the heavy lifting
For the first time, drones will be used on Mount Everest to carry gear and clean up, helping Sherpas and improving safety ...
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PHOTOS: Photographer, climber Cory Richards shares story at Wheeler
Photographer and climber Cory Richards spoke on Friday as part of the Wheeler Opera House's Changemaker Speaker Series in ...
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 ...
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Mount Everest: DJI drones show Sherpas dangerous path through Khumbu icefall
Sherpa on Mount Everest is a dangerous job ... In 2023, three Sherpas died in an avalanche while they were fixing ropes. This was also the trigger for improving the situation for the Sherpas.
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Is “Everest” a True Story? A Look Back at the 1996 Disaster on Mount Everest That Took 8 Lives
Establishing shots for the base camp scenes were filmed on the Mount Everest grounds in Nepal. However, an avalanche, which claimed the lives of multiple sherpas in 2014, ended the shoot early.