Named after Edmund Hillary (L) the Step is a part of high mountain legend Mount Everest is 8,848m high. Why are people debating over a such a tiny proportion of it?

London, May 22 (PTI) A famous feature of Mount Everest called 'The Hillary Step' has collapsed, potentially making the climb to the world's highest peak even more dangerous and time consuming ...

Mount Everest's Hillary Step -- a rocky outcrop just below the summit -- is now a slope, say climbers who recently returned from the mountain. The condition of the rock face named after Everest's ...

As Hillary was the first person to climb it, the step took his name. However, a large part of the boulder broke away from the mountain in 2017, so the Hillary Step as we once knew it no longer ...

Climbers are now certain a notoriously difficult final challenge on Mt Everest has disappeared. The Hillary Step, an outcrop made mostly of four boulders, was a near-vertical challenge just 70 metres ...

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 ...

MOUNTAINEERING -- Reports that the Hillary Step had collapsed on Mount Everest apparently are false, according to a report by CNN. The Hillary Step is the last difficult steep section climbers ...

Subrata Ghosh, 45, from India, died on Thursday below the Hillary Step while returning after reaching the 8,849 metre (29,032 feet) peak.

The Hillary Step is a near-vertical rock formation 200 feet below the mountain’s summit, and has long been considered one of the biggest obstacles on the mountain’s South Col route.