A ramp involving three rock steps leads back left onto the summit ... the summit ridge leads up to the highest point of Everest. The ridge is not steep, but is exposed, with a 10,000-foot-drop ...
On 14/06 Conrad Anker and Leo Houlding reached the summit of Everest following the footsteps of George Leigh ... would have been capable of climbing up the famous "Second Step". Located at circa 8600m ...
The most famous physical feature on Everest, the Hillary Step, at 28,750 feet, is a 40-foot spur of snow and ice. First climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the Hillary Step is ...