Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trash builds up on Everest every season. Drones are now carrying it down. For some adventurers, scaling Mount Everest represents ...

Mount Everest, long revered as the “roof of the world,” has in recent years earned a far less flattering title: the “highest dumpster on Earth.” But this climbing season, a new weapon was deployed ...

Nepal is set to pioneer the use of drones for high-altitude logistics, with the deployment of DJI drones to replace Sherpas in carrying supplies and removing waste from the Everest region. This ...

::It carried three oxygen bottles and other supplies from Everest’s Base Camp to Camp 1 The same FlyCart 30 drone was used to carry trash from Camp 1 located at over 6,000 metres high back down to ...

Sherpas will soon use drones to remove trash from Mount Everest's slopes. Everest's peak has become a massive garbage dump with 50 metric tons of waste annually. Chinese drone manufacturer DJI ...

Mount Everest looks more like a landfill every year as crowds of adventurous climbers flock to its slopes. Visitors have left an estimated 50 metric tons of waste on Everest. The mountain is so full ...