The Hillary Step was a 40-foot vertical rock face that sat 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level. [1] It was located near the summit of Mount Everest.

May 23, 2018 · Last year, Outside reported that the Hillary Step, the iconic feature 200 feet below Everest’s summit, had been fundamentally altered by the 2015 earthquake that shook the mountain. The reporter...

May 30, 2024 · Two climbers fell to their deaths on Mount Everest on May 21 after an ice cornice collapsed. Eyewitness accounts and video clips provide an inside look at the disaster and frantic aftermath.

Jun 12, 2017 · The Hillary Step, which is located at an elevation of 28,839 feet, was a near-vertical rock outcropping 200 feet below Everest’s summit. It has long been one of the most foreboding obstacles on...

May 22, 2017 · Days after a British mountaineer claimed that a famous rock feature near the summit of Mount Everest had disintegrated, two Nepali climbers have contradicted him.

May 21, 2017 · Mountaineers said the Hillary Step may have fallen victim to Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake. The near-vertical 12m (39ft) rocky outcrop stood on the mountain's southeast ridge, and was the...

The Hillary Step is, or possibly was, a nearly vertical rock face with a height of around 12 metres (39 ft) located very high on Mount Everest at approximately 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level, near the summit.

May 15, 2024 · The Hillary Step is a legendary feature of Mount Everest's Southeast Ridge route, located at approximately 8,790 meters (28,839 feet) near the summit

In Mount Everest: The historic ascent of 1953 …rock and ice—now called the Hillary Step. Though it is only about 55 feet (17 metres) high, the formation is difficult to climb because of its extreme pitch and because a mistake would be deadly.

The Step, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, is located halfway between the South Summit and the true summit, on the southeast ridge, and is the last obstacle to all climbers climbing Everest via the southeast route, the typical Nepal-side Everest Climbing Route.