AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- When climbers scramble to the summit of the world's highest peak, their last obstacle is a 40-foot rock face covered in ice -- the Hillary Step. Before May 29, 1953, it ...

The Hillary Step is located in the Everest “death zone”, an area between South Col at 8,000m and the summit where the level of natural oxygen is inadequate for survival.

Authorities in Nepal have denied reports that the famed "Hillary Step" on Mount Everest has collapsed, despite a veteran climber saying he saw it first hand during an ascent last week. Mountaineer ...

More than 600 climbers made it to the summit of Everest last year but it was also the deadliest season on the mountain, with 18 fatalities. Thursday's grim news came on the same day that Nepali ...

In a separate incident, Kenyan climber Joshua Cheruiyot Kirue’s body was discovered near the ridge between Hillary Step and the summit while his guide, Nawang Sherpa, remains missing, according ...

“ It is not possible to search for the missing climbers right now because the British (mountaineer) and his Sherpa fell from the bottom of Hillary step, which is at about 8,800 meters (26,964 ...

Unnerving videos have circulated, showing a snarl of climbers on the summit ridge even as fewer permits were issued this year. Eighteen climbers died in 2023.

KATHMANDU, May 23 (Reuters) - A Kenyan climber has died on Mount Everest, officials said on Thursday, taking the season’s confirmed death toll on the world’s tallest mountain to three. Joshua ...

Norgay died in 1986 and is being represented by his son, Jamling, also an Everest climber, who said Tuesday that the first Everest climb benefited mankind. "They took a step farther into the unknown.

But for Rivard, 41 -- from Wayzata, the climb, at 29,032 feet -- about five-and-a-half miles above sea level -- comes after a journey of recovery when he was just a teenager.