While only slightly slower, the King Air 250 requires about one-third less runway at sea level than most small-cabin jets, and it is particularly adept at short, rugged or unimproved airstrips and high and hot mountain airports, which allows for greater access to hundreds of additional small communities.

FORBES: The Most Successful Aircraft Design Gets Even Better

All too often Everest hits the news for the wrong reasons - climbers left to die high on the mountain, or piles of rubbish littering the slopes - but for Luanne such rescues show the spirit of Base Camp.

BBC: NEWS | Health | The highest hospital in the world

Minc said he wants to stop construction of homes in high-risk areas, such as river banks or steep mountain slopes -- a practice that he said was encouraged by previous governments.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

For the last half century, a twenty-meter high statue called Kartlis Deda, or Mother of Georgia, has stood on a mountain-top overlooking the capital Tbilisi.

CNN: Unearthing Georgia's wine heritage