From fieldwork to measurable progress.

The NeverRest Project promoted the creation of the first institutional corridor between Spain and Costa Rica for the protection of sea turtles through the exchange of data and applied technology. The mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, and the executive director of the Costa Rica National Parks Foundation, Madeleine Vargas, signed "Alianza Tortuga": a partnership between two places and two seas, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, that share the same responsibility of protecting life, as highlighted by the Councillor for Ecological Transition Sandra Gertrúdix.

Dénia, March 10, 2026.

The goal was to gain a deeper understanding of Nepal's tourism ecosystem and to explore collaborative improvements that can further establish the country as a global leader in regenerative high-mountain tourism. The NeverRest Project also supported the Himalayan Rescue Association in its mission to provide vital medical assistance to local communities, guides, porters, trekkers, and mountaineers in the Himalayas.

The Costa Rica National Parks Foundation (FPN) and The NeverRest Project signed a collaboration agreement to measure the environmental impact of tourism, announced at the inauguration of Expo Ambiente 2025 in San José. Costa Rica's national parks will measure the impact of tourism in order to maintain environmental balance.

Much of our work is silent, based on building stable and lasting relationships. The Himalayan Rescue Association Nepal recognized how our "thoughtful contribution has played a meaningful role in strengthening our medical outreach. This support directly enhances our ability to serve climbers, trekkers, and local communities in remote and challenging environments."

Our collaborator Marina Guzmán, engineer and industrial designer, former student of Elisava School of Design & Engineering, presented her SUNMIT project, winner of the Eco-Design Award 2025 in the young designer category, together with our CEO and founder Frédéric Kauffmann at the Palau Robert in Barcelona, organized by the Agència de Residus de Catalunya and FAD Barcelona.

The NeverRest Project and drone-technology integrator Aerofor led the world's first high-mountain drone rescue drill on December 4 and 5 at El Roc de Quer, in the Pyrenees of Andorra, at an altitude of about 1,920 meters. The drill represents a major qualitative leap in vertical rescue and emergency logistics using high-capacity unmanned aircraft, and opens new possibilities for saving lives.

The NeverRest Project Nepal signed a collaboration agreement with the Sagarmatha Pollution Control Committee (SPCC), the organization responsible for waste management and environmental protection in the Everest region. Through this partnership, The NeverRest Project will provide the SPCC with cutting-edge technologies to better measure and understand the impact of tourism in high-altitude environments.

The NeverRest Project launched EverData, a pioneering platform that for the first time collects, analyzes, and visualizes essential data on environmental impact, waste management, and tourism activity in the Everest region, with five-year forecasts on tourism and environmental trends. Presented at Forum TurisTIC in Barcelona (Eurecat Technological Center of Catalonia), promoted by the Government of Catalonia, Barcelona City Council and Barcelona Provincial Council.

Mendietxe Museum, the mountain museum inaugurated in Azpeitia (Gipuzkoa) by Basque mountaineer Alex Txikon, dedicated a space to The NeverRest Project to promote awareness and foster a more sustainable and regenerative tourism model in Everest. In this section, initiated by the nonprofit association Mendiaren Etxea, visitors can view a visual history of Everest's major milestones and EverData.

We were invited to participate in two editions of the international South Summit, Porto Alegre and Madrid, to explain our perspectives on the application of regenerative tourism on Mount Everest.

On May 29th, International Everest Day, Nepali climber and Guinness Record summiter Kami Rita Sherpa asked for respect towards the mountains, especially in terms of waste and rubbish, in collaboration with The NeverRest Project. He displayed the message "Respect it today and enjoy it forever" written on a piece of abandoned tent that he himself picked up on the way to the top of Everest.

The NeverRest Project presented the development of the first sustainable Everest Base Camp: a set of world-first solutions that aim to reverse the environmental problems of the highest mountain in the world on its Nepalese side, in a proposal made in collaboration with the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB).

Simulation of the first sustainable Everest Base Camp with designs developed by The NeverRest Project (ICE SPRING, FLAME FLUSH) and Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering (SUNMIT, NOUREA, MAKURA).

In December 2022 we launched The NeverRest Project internationally from Chandragiri Hills, Nepal, together with the country's main tourism authorities such as the Ministry of Tourism and the Nepal Tourism Board. Together with the Nepal Tourism Board of the Government of Nepal, we started the most significant environmental endeavor ever undertaken at Mount Everest: turning the world's highest mountain into an international benchmark for sustainability and environmental management, in close collaboration with local Nepalese communities.

Dr. Dhananjay Regmi (CEO, Nepal Tourism Board) and Frédéric Kauffmann (CEO & Founder, The NeverRest Project). Nepal, December 2022.