First Annapurna Summits Expected This Week
The Sherpa rope fixers should summit Annapurna on Wednesday. A record number of climbers, over 100, will follow shortly ...
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Imagine Nepal team eyes season's first 8000er summit on Annapurna this week
A team of rope-fixing climbers from Imagine Nepal Treks is all set to make the season’s first summit of the mountain above ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Ice Doctors Set to Prepare the Khumbu Icefall on Mt. Everest
The Khumbu Icefall, a frozen river that moves four feet a day, flows at the foot of Mt. Everest and must be navigated to reach the mountain's summit.
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Everest Icefall Doctors About to Begin World's Most Dangerous Job
A team of eight Sherpa climbers left Namche Bazaar yesterday for Everest Base Camp. Soon, they will begin creating a path ...
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Icefall doctors leave for base camp to fix Everest climbing route
KATHMANDU: With the start of main climbing season, an eight-member team of icefall doctors today left for the Mt Everest base camp from Namche Bazaar to fix a climbing route up to Camp II in the ...