A Drone's Eye View of the Mount Everest Route

This video from the DJI drone company lets you climb Mount Everest from the comfort of your living room, without paying the $100K or so cost that climbers incur and with no danger of dying. And it only takes four minutes!

The trip begins at the Khumbu Icefall just above Base Camp. The drone follows the South Col route, which is a bit tamer than the North Col. Now, the drone didn't do this in one trip, rather, many segments were stitched together. There are still limits on what drones can do in extreme cold. The latter part of the trip is a little disappointing because the drone camera focused on the ground instead of the peak, but it's still an epic journey.

DJI is involved in a pilot program, no pun intended, to use drones to remove garbage from the upper parts of Everest. The specs of the drone used in this video are posted at the YouTube page.  -via Metafilter


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