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I'd be concerned that if you make it too safe, people will find another hill to die on. The density of the air on Mount Everest is about 3/8 of that at sea lev

by scythe 2y ago

I'd be concerned that if you make it too safe, people will find another hill to die on. The density of the air on Mount Everest is about 3/8 of that at sea level. So getting enough lift would be difficult. To the sibling commenter's point, I think a drone would be a lot easier than a piloted helicopter, since you can make the whole thing out of beryllium if you have to.

ricardobeat 2y ago
That was my point, DJI already demonstrated a drone going all the way from base camp to the summit. You also have a stream of hundreds of people climbing it daily. If each one carries a few hundred grams payload to help with construction, or a sherpa takes an extra O2 cylinder every once in a while... I know nothing about climbing, but thought, given the volume of people and money, it doesn't look like a "greatest feats of engineering"-level project to save a few dozen lives.