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one of the final and most challenging parts in summiting Mt Everest</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png/400px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png/600px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png/800px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_Topcropped1.png 2x" data-file-width="838" data-file-height="646" /></a><figcaption>The Hillary Step (with two climbers on it) on the ridge leading up to the summit (2010 photo)</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg/400px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg/600px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg/800px-Hillary_Step_near_Everest_top.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="1776" /></a><figcaption>An uncropped view of the previous picture, looking up along the southern ridge line. The face of the snow-covered step is visible with two climbers on it. The face in shadow on the left is the South-West face, and in the light to the right is the top of the East/Kangshung face.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg/220px-Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg/330px-Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg/440px-Mount_Everest_a_close_view_with_south_summit_and_yellow_band.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>In this pre-2015 view of Mount 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. This is looking at the Step from the West looking east to its side</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Hillary Step</b> was a 40-foot vertical rock face that sat 8,790 metres (28,839 ft) above sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was located near the summit of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a>. Located on the Southeast ridge, halfway between the "<a href="/wiki/South_Summit_(Mount_Everest)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Summit (Mount Everest)">South Summit</a>" and the True Summit, the Hillary Step was the most technically difficult part of the typical Nepal-side Everest climb<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the last real challenge before reaching the top of the mountain.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rock face was destroyed by an earthquake that struck the region <a href="/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake" title="April 2015 Nepal earthquake">in 2015</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hillary Step has a reputation among climbers for its 3,000-metre (10,000 ft) and 2,400-metre (8,000 ft) drops on the ascent.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Without a guide, the climb is <a href="/wiki/Yosemite_Decimal_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Yosemite Decimal System">Class 4</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Death_zone" title="Death zone">death zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One expedition noted that climbing the Hillary Step was "strenuous" and offered little to no escape from the changing elements.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Heavy snowfall events can allow climbers the opportunity to bypass Hillary, by way of snow and ice climbing.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hillary Step has claimed its share of lives, due to its strenuous conditions and unpredictable, rapidly changing weather. Author <a href="/wiki/Anatoli_Boukreev" title="Anatoli Boukreev">Anatoli Boukreev</a> found the body of Bruce Herrod hanging from ropes at the base of the step in 1996, according to his book <i><a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(book)" title="The Climb (book)">The Climb</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climbing">Climbing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hillary_Step&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Climbing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The step was closed during the <a href="/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="1953 British Mount Everest Expedition">1953 British Mount Everest Expedition</a> by the First Assault Party of <a href="/wiki/Tom_Bourdillon" title="Tom Bourdillon">Tom Bourdillon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Evans_(mountaineer)" title="Charles Evans (mountaineer)">Charles Evans</a> when they reached the South Summit on 26 May at 13:00, too late to continue on. Seated on the snow dome, they could look closely at the last 90 m (300 ft) ascent to the summit. It was not the gentle snow ridge they had hoped for, but a thin crest of snow and ice on rock, steep on the left, overhanging as a <a href="/wiki/Snow_cornice" title="Snow cornice">cornice</a> on the right. It was interrupted by a formidable-looking 12 m (40 ft) rock step two-thirds of the way up.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The step was named after <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Hillary" title="Edmund Hillary">Sir Edmund Hillary</a>, who partnered with <a href="/wiki/Sherpa_people" title="Sherpa people">Sherpa</a> <a href="/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay" title="Tenzing Norgay">Tenzing Norgay</a>, on 29 May 1953 climbing the crack between the snow and the rock, earning the feature its name.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon completion of the summit, the pair reported the snowpack on Hillary is harder than that of lower elevation.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his 1953 account of summiting Everest he wrote:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>After an hour’s steady going we reached the foot of the most formidable-looking problem on the ridge – a rock step some forty feet [12 m] high. We had known of the existence of this step from aerial photographs, and had also seen it through our binoculars from Thyangboche. We realised that at this altitude it might well spell the difference between success and failure. The rock itself, smooth and almost holdless, might have been an interesting Sunday afternoon problem for a group of expert rock climbers in the Lake District, but here it was a barrier beyond our feeble strength to overcome. I could see no way of turning it on the steep rock bluff on the west, but fortunately another possibility of tackling it still remained. On its east side was another great <a href="/wiki/Snow_cornice" title="Snow cornice">cornice</a>, and running up the full forty feet [12 m] of the step was a narrow crack between the cornice and the rock. Leaving Tenzing to belay me as best he could, I jammed my way into this crack, then kicking backwards with my crampons I sank their spikes deep into the frozen snow behind me and levered myself off the ground. Taking advantage of every little rock hold and all the force of knee, shoulder and arms I could muster, I literally cramponed backwards up the crack, with a fervent prayer that the cornice would remain attached to the rock. Despite the considerable effort involved, my progress although slow was steady, and as Tenzing paid out the rope I inched my way upwards until I could finally reach over the top of the rock and drag myself out of the crack on to a wide ledge. For a few moments I lay regaining my breath and for the first time really felt the fierce determination that nothing now could stop us from reaching the top. I took a firm stand on the ledge and signalled to Tenzing to come on up. As I heaved hard on the rope Tenzing wriggled his way up the crack and finally collapsed exhausted at the top.</dd></dl> <p>In more recent years, the ascent and descent over the Step were generally made with the assistance of <a href="/wiki/Fixed_rope" title="Fixed rope">fixed ropes</a>, usually placed there by the first ascending team of the season. In a good climbing situation, it was about a two-hour climb from the South Summit to the Hillary Step, one to two hours to climb the cliff, and then another 20 minutes from the top of the Hillary Step to the summit of Mount Everest.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Only one climber at a time could traverse it.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With increasing numbers of people climbing the mountain, the Step frequently became a <a href="/wiki/Choke_point" title="Choke point">bottleneck</a>, with climbers forced to wait for their turn on the ropes and thereby slowing the flow of people up and down the mountain. </p><p>Before 2015, the <span class="clarify-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">descending sequence along Everest's southeast ridge was:</span><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Clarify" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="First, how is this any different than previous (with the Step just being shorter)? Second, how is it different (and more logically put if so) than the ascending sequence? (February 2024)">clarify</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-auto1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Summit of Everest</li> <li>Final slope to summit</li> <li>Hillary Step 12-metre (40 ft) rock cliff</li> <li>Cornice traverse (knife-edge ridge)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Summit_(Everest)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Summit (Everest)">South Summit of Everest</a></li> <li>The Balcony (8,400-metre (27,500 ft))<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2015_alteration">2015 alteration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hillary_Step&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 2015 alteration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was suspected in 2016 that the <a href="/wiki/April_2015_Nepal_earthquake" title="April 2015 Nepal earthquake">April 2015 Nepal earthquake</a> had altered the Hillary Step, but there was so much snow it was not clear whether it had truly changed.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Kenton_Cool" title="Kenton Cool">Kenton Cool</a> wrote that the Hillary Step "is only 12 to 15 feet [3.7 to 4.6 m] high."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, Tim Mosedale and other climbers reported that "the Hillary Step is no more", although the full extent and interpretation of the changes were still nascent.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another climber who thought the Step changed by 2016 was six-time Everest summiter <a href="/wiki/David_Lia%C3%B1o_Gonzalez" title="David Liaño Gonzalez">David Liaño Gonzalez</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who summited in 2013 and 2016, when the relevant changes are reported to have occurred.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, some important Nepalese climbers, including Ang Tshering Sherpa, chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Mountaineering_Association" title="Nepal Mountaineering Association">Nepal Mountaineering Association</a>, reported that the Step was still intact but covered in more snow than before.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in the year, after seeing a large exhibition of photos from 2006 to 2016, he did agree that at least the upper portion of the step had indeed changed.<sup id="cite_ref-myrepublica.com_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-myrepublica.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hillary" title="Peter Hillary">Peter Hillary</a>, Edmund Hillary's son, was asked his opinion about the Step based on photos.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He agreed it was there in part, but seemed to think it had undergone some sort of a change, noting especially what looked like a fresh broken rock.<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By early June 2017, more reports and photographic evidence came in, with <a href="/wiki/Garrett_Madison" title="Garrett Madison">Garrett Madison</a> reporting that the step had conclusively changed.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Hahn" title="Dave Hahn">Dave Hahn</a>, who has climbed Everest 15 times, was shown photos and agreed that it was changed.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A special kind of mourning hit the community with realization of missing rocks and freshly hewn scars of new coloured rock at this landmark feature.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hahn noted how it was a great tribute to Hillary and Tenzing and he thought of them whenever he scrambled over it.<sup id="cite_ref-Bouchard_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Later in 2017, mountaineering guide and trained photographer Lhakpa Rangdu mounted a photo exhibition at the Nepal Tourism Board showing how the Hillary Step area had changed.<sup id="cite_ref-myrepublica.com_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-myrepublica.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rangdu has climbed Everest multiple times since 2005, including before and after the big Nepal earthquake. The combination of these skills—high-altitude photography and mountaineering—allowed him to provide a photographic history of the Hillary Step, and he has said that it is indeed gone.<sup id="cite_ref-myrepublica.com_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-myrepublica.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hillary_Step&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="1953 British Mount Everest Expedition">1953 British Mount Everest Expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest_in_2017" title="Mount Everest in 2017">Mount Everest in 2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Montes" title="Hillary Montes">Hillary Montes</a> (Also named after Edmund Hillary)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Peak" title="Hillary Peak">Hillary Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aiguille_du_Dru" title="Aiguille du Dru">Aiguille du Dru</a> (2005 rock-fall ended climbing of Bonatti route)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aoraki_/_Mount_Cook" title="Aoraki / Mount Cook">Aoraki / Mount Cook</a> (2013 rock-fall shortened mountain)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Steps" title="Three Steps">Three Steps</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hillary_Step&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFVajpai2010" class="citation book cs1">Vajpai, Arjun (10 November 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qJjIBFOMsQsC&q=hillary+step&pg=PT111"><i>ON TOP OF WORLD: My Everest Adventure</i></a>. 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Bloomsbury Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789386141347" title="Special:BookSources/9789386141347"><bdi>9789386141347</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Many+Everests%3A+An+Inspiring+Journey+of+Transforming+Dreams+Into+Reality&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Publishing&rft.date=2017-02-14&rft.isbn=9789386141347&rft.aulast=Kumar&rft.aufirst=Ravindra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DpDYJDgAAQBAJ%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPT289&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bouchard-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bouchard_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bouchard_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bouchard_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bouchard_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bouchard_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBouchard2017" class="citation news cs1">Bouchard, Jay (12 June 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.outsideonline.com/2191911/american-climbers-confirm-hillary-step-gone">"American Climbers Confirm the Hillary Step Is Gone"</a>. <i>Outside Online</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Outside+Online&rft.atitle=American+Climbers+Confirm+the+Hillary+Step+Is+Gone&rft.date=2017-06-12&rft.aulast=Bouchard&rft.aufirst=Jay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outsideonline.com%2F2191911%2Famerican-climbers-confirm-hillary-step-gone&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMarks" class="citation web cs1">Marks, Andrea. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/because-its-not-there-climbers-may-face-danger-if-everest-rsquo-s-hillary-step-collapsed/">"Because It's Not There: Climbers May Face Danger If Everest's Hillary Step Collapsed"</a>. <i>Scientific American</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Scientific+American&rft.atitle=Because+It%27s+Not+There%3A+Climbers+May+Face+Danger+If+Everest%27s+Hillary+Step+Collapsed&rft.aulast=Marks&rft.aufirst=Andrea&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scientificamerican.com%2Farticle%2Fbecause-its-not-there-climbers-may-face-danger-if-everest-rsquo-s-hillary-step-collapsed%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIssermanWeaverMolenaar2010" class="citation book cs1">Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart; Molenaar, Dee (1 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JgEKGGYEpZIC&q=hillary+step&pg=PA289"><i>Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes</i></a>. Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0300164206" title="Special:BookSources/978-0300164206"><bdi>978-0300164206</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=OutsideOnline.com&rft.atitle=Is+an+Everest+Climb+%22Technical%22%3F&rft.date=2010-03-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.outsideonline.com%2F1814451%2Feverest-climb-technical&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarter1991" class="citation book cs1">Carter, H. Adams (1 January 1991). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fP5hratMoogC&q=hillary+step&pg=PA56"><i>American Alpine Journal, 1991</i></a>. The Mountaineers Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780930410469" title="Special:BookSources/9780930410469"><bdi>9780930410469</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=American+Alpine+Journal%2C+1991&rft.pub=The+Mountaineers+Books&rft.date=1991-01-01&rft.isbn=9780930410469&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=H.+Adams&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfP5hratMoogC%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPA56&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto1-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto1_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHamill2012" class="citation book cs1">Hamill, Mike (4 May 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fiSgyRhsUrgC&q=hillary+step&pg=PA92"><i>Climbing the Seven Summits: A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents' Highest Peaks</i></a>. The Mountaineers Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781594856495" title="Special:BookSources/9781594856495"><bdi>9781594856495</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Climbing+the+Seven+Summits%3A+A+Comprehensive+Guide+to+the+Continents%27+Highest+Peaks&rft.pub=The+Mountaineers+Books&rft.date=2012-05-04&rft.isbn=9781594856495&rft.aulast=Hamill&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfiSgyRhsUrgC%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPA92&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoukreevDeWalt2015" class="citation book cs1">Boukreev, Anatoli; DeWalt, G. Weston (22 September 2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rNdfCgAAQBAJ&q=hillary+step&pg=PT290"><i>The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest</i></a>. St. Martin's Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781250099822" title="Special:BookSources/9781250099822"><bdi>9781250099822</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Climb%3A+Tragic+Ambitions+on+Everest&rft.pub=St.+Martin%27s+Press&rft.date=2015-09-22&rft.isbn=9781250099822&rft.aulast=Boukreev&rft.aufirst=Anatoli&rft.au=DeWalt%2C+G.+Weston&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrNdfCgAAQBAJ%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPT290&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGill2017" class="citation book cs1">Gill, Michael (2017). <i>Edmund Hillary: A Biography</i>. Nelson, NZ: Potton & Burton. pp. 202, 257. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-947503-38-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-947503-38-3"><bdi>978-0-947503-38-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Edmund+Hillary%3A+A+Biography&rft.place=Nelson%2C+NZ&rft.pages=202%2C+257&rft.pub=Potton+%26+Burton&rft.date=2017&rft.isbn=978-0-947503-38-3&rft.aulast=Gill&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhipple2007" class="citation book cs1">Whipple, Heather (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jBILmF2PguMC&q=hillary+step&pg=PT19"><i>Hillary and Norgay: To the Top of Mount Everest</i></a>. Crabtree Publishing Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780778724186" title="Special:BookSources/9780778724186"><bdi>9780778724186</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hillary+and+Norgay%3A+To+the+Top+of+Mount+Everest&rft.pub=Crabtree+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780778724186&rft.aulast=Whipple&rft.aufirst=Heather&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjBILmF2PguMC%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPT19&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIssermanWeaverMolenaar2010" class="citation book cs1">Isserman, Maurice; Weaver, Stewart; Molenaar, Dee (1 February 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JgEKGGYEpZIC&q=hillary+step&pg=PA289"><i>Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes</i></a>. Yale University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0300164206" title="Special:BookSources/978-0300164206"><bdi>978-0300164206</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Fallen+Giants%3A+A+History+of+Himalayan+Mountaineering+from+the+Age+of+Empire+to+the+Age+of+Extremes&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2010-02-01&rft.isbn=978-0300164206&rft.aulast=Isserman&rft.aufirst=Maurice&rft.au=Weaver%2C+Stewart&rft.au=Molenaar%2C+Dee&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJgEKGGYEpZIC%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPA289&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHunt1953" class="citation book cs1">Hunt, John (1953). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ascentofeverest0000hunt"><i>The Ascent of Everest</i></a></span>. London: Hodder & Stoughton. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ascentofeverest0000hunt/page/204">204</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ascent+of+Everest&rft.place=London&rft.pages=204&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=1953&rft.aulast=Hunt&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fascentofeverest0000hunt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span> <i>The Summit</i> (Chapter 16, pp 197-209) is by Hillary.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-auto-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-auto_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-auto_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHamill2012" class="citation book cs1">Hamill, Mike (4 May 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fiSgyRhsUrgC&q=hillary+step&pg=PA92"><i>Climbing the Seven Summits: A Comprehensive Guide to the Continents' Highest Peaks</i></a>. The Mountaineers Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781594856495" title="Special:BookSources/9781594856495"><bdi>9781594856495</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 May</span> 2017</span> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Climbing+the+Seven+Summits%3A+A+Comprehensive+Guide+to+the+Continents%27+Highest+Peaks&rft.pub=The+Mountaineers+Books&rft.date=2012-05-04&rft.isbn=9781594856495&rft.aulast=Hamill&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfiSgyRhsUrgC%26q%3Dhillary%2Bstep%26pg%3DPA92&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeo_and_jack2016" class="citation web cs1">Leo and jack (25 May 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2016/did-everests-hillary-step-collapse-in-the-nepal-earthquake/">"Did Everest's Hillary Step collapse in the Nepal earthquake?"</a>. <i>MarkHorrell.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=MarkHorrell.com&rft.atitle=Did+Everest%27s+Hillary+Step+collapse+in+the+Nepal+earthquake%3F&rft.date=2016-05-25&rft.au=Leo+and+jack&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.markhorrell.com%2Fblog%2F2016%2Fdid-everests-hillary-step-collapse-in-the-nepal-earthquake%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHillary+Step" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2016/did-everests-hillary-step-collapse-in-the-nepal-earthquake/">"Did Everest's Hillary Step collapse in the Nepal earthquake?"</a>. <i>Mark Horrell</i>. 25 May 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 20 August 2016</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCool2015" class="citation book cs1">Cool, Kenton (2015). <i>One Man's Everest</i>. 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style="width:1%">Topography<br />and landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Everest_base_camps" title="Everest base camps">Base Camp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geneva_Spur" title="Geneva Spur">Geneva Spur</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hillary Step</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hornbein_Couloir" title="Hornbein Couloir">Hornbein Couloir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangshung_Face" title="Kangshung Face">Kangshung Face</a> (East Face)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangshung_Glacier" title="Kangshung Glacier">Kangshung Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khumbu_Glacier" title="Khumbu Glacier">Khumbu Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khumbu_Icefall" title="Khumbu Icefall">Khumbu Icefall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lhakpa_La" class="mw-redirect" title="Lhakpa La">Lhakpa La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lho_La" title="Lho La">Lho La</a></li> <li><a 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg/75px-Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg/113px-Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg/150px-Everest_kalapatthar_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2299" data-file-height="2811" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mount_Everest_expeditions" title="List of Mount Everest expeditions">Expeditions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1921_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition" title="1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition">1921 British reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1922_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1922 British Mount Everest expedition">1922 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1924 British Mount Everest expedition">1924 British</a> (<a href="/wiki/Affair_of_the_Dancing_Lamas" title="Affair of the Dancing Lamas">Affair of the Dancing Lamas</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Houston%E2%80%93Mount_Everest_flight_expedition" title="Houston–Mount Everest flight expedition">1933 British aerial reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1933_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1933 British Mount Everest expedition">1933 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1935_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition" title="1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition">1935 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1936 British Mount Everest expedition">1936 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1938 British Mount Everest expedition">1938 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_from_Nepal" title="Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal">1950–52 British–Swiss–US reconnaissance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_British_Mount_Everest_reconnaissance_expedition" title="1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition">1951 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Swiss_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition">1952 Swiss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_British_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1953 British Mount Everest expedition">1953 British</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Chinese_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition">1960 Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_American_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1963 American Mount Everest expedition">1963 American</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_British_Mount_Everest_Southwest_Face_expedition" title="1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition">1975 British SW Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_British_and_Nepalese_Army_Expedition_to_Everest" title="1976 British and Nepalese Army Expedition to Everest">1976 British–Nepalese SW Face</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Yugoslav_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1979 Yugoslav Mount Everest expedition">1979 Yugoslav West Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Indo-Tibetan_Border_Police_expedition_to_Mount_Everest" title="1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police expedition to Mount Everest">1996 Indo-Tibetan Border Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Philippine_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="2006 Philippine Mount Everest expedition">2006 Philippine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Altitude_Everest_expedition" title="2007 Altitude Everest expedition">2007 Altitude Everest expedition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earth_Day_20_International_Peace_Climb" title="Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb">Earth Day 20 International Peace Climb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallory_and_Irvine_Research_Expedition" title="Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition">Mallory and Irvine Research Expedition</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable <a href="/wiki/List_of_people_who_died_climbing_Mount_Everest" title="List of people who died climbing Mount Everest">fatalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francys_Arsentiev" title="Francys Arsentiev">Francys Arsentiev (Sleeping Beauty)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Boardman" title="Peter Boardman">Peter Boardman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Boots" title="Green Boots">Green Boots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Irvine" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandy Irvine">Sandy Irvine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Mallory" title="George Mallory">George Mallory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannelore_Schmatz" title="Hannelore Schmatz">Hannelore Schmatz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Sharp_(mountaineer)" title="David Sharp (mountaineer)">David Sharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Tasker" title="Joe Tasker">Joe Tasker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Committees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Himalayan_Committee" title="Joint Himalayan Committee">Joint Himalayan Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Everest Committee">Mount Everest Committee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_media_related_to_Mount_Everest" class="mw-redirect" title="List of media related to Mount Everest">In media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Beyond_the_Edge_(2013_film)" title="Beyond the Edge (2013 film)">Beyond the Edge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(book)" title="The Climb (book)"><i>The Climb</i> (book)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Climb_(2007_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Climb (2007 film)"><i>The Climb</i> (2007 film)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Epic_of_Everest" title="The Epic of Everest">The Epic of Everest</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everest_(1998_film)" title="Everest (1998 film)"><i>Everest</i> (1998 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everest_(2015_film)" title="Everest (2015 film)"><i>Everest</i> (2015 film)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everest_(Indian_TV_series)" title="Everest (Indian TV series)"><i>Everest</i> (Indian TV series)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everest_%2782" title="Everest '82">Everest '82</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Wildest Dream</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wings_Over_Everest" title="Wings Over Everest">Wings Over Everest</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Mount_Everest_expeditions" title="Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions">Years</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Mount_Everest_disaster" title="1970 Mount Everest disaster">1970 disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_French_Mount_Everest_expedition" title="1974 French Mount Everest expedition">1974 avalanche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Czechoslovak_-_New_Zealand_Mount_Everest_Southwest_Face_Expedition" title="1988 Czechoslovak - New Zealand Mount Everest Southwest Face Expedition">1988 disaster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Mount_Everest_disaster" title="1996 Mount Everest disaster">1996 disaster</a></li> <li><a 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