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The “Hillary Step” on Mt. Everest has collapsed

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Tom Faranda
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the Hillary Step; named for the first person to summit Mt. Everest, it was the last obstacle from the top. Evidently the 2015 Nepal earthquake caused the collapse.

This from the Guardian (UK).

“It’s a piece of mountaineering history that has disappeared. Even non-mountaineers know the name and the association of the infamous Hillary Step,” he said. He said the difference between the state of the step as he saw it on this trip and his previous five expeditions was “huge” and meant he had serious concerns for how people would safely climb the section in the future. Located at 8,790 metres, the Hillary Step is a steep and narrow section considered by climbers to be the last obstacle before the summit, which is at 8,848 metres.

In this pre-2015 view of Mt. Everest, the high point is the summit; to the right of the summit, the southeast ridge slopes down to the Hillary Step, and then rises up to the South Summit. The yellow band is its namesake geological feature stretching across the mountain

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One response to “The “Hillary Step” on Mt. Everest has collapsed”

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    Sweat

    Clearly this was a providential prelude to another Hillary’s collapse in the 2016 presidential campaign ! ! !
    Hit the link >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQCsqvLcE3g
    Also remember that Hillary Clinton once claimed that she was named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to climb Mt. Everest. Of course it later was proven to be an absolute lie, as have so many other things in her life.

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