
DJI FlyCart 100 Takes on Everest: Replacing a Deadly 8-Hour Trek with an 8-Minute Flight
During the 2026 Everest climbing season, a DJI FlyCart 100 cargo drone ferried over 22,000 lbs (approximately 10,000 kg) of oxygen cylinders, fixed ropes, aluminum ladders, and accumulated trash across the treacherous Khumbu Icefall — compressing a journey that once took Sherpa guides 6 to 8 hours of life-threatening trekking into an 8-minute drone flight.
Source: DroneXL










