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A heavy-lift drone crossed Everest's deadliest terrain in eight minutes this spring, hauling out nearly 3 tonnes of trash and rewriting how the…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 19, 2026
For the first time in Everest's history, the most dangerous stretch of the mountain is being flown, not walked. A heavy-lift cargo drone spent this spring crossing the crevasse field of the Khumbu Icefall in eight minutes flat — a trip that takes a human…
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What this means for you If your trip is the standard trek to Everest Base Camp rather than a climb beyond it, the 8kg carry-out rule and the drone cleanup mostly affect what happens above Base Camp — but you'll likely see the drones themselves buzzing over…
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