The Hillary Step, the famous rock barrier located shortly below the summit of Everest, seems to have collapsed, probably due to the terrible earthquake that shook Nepal in 2015. British mountaineer ...

Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old from West Bengal, India, has died near the summit of Everest. Ghosh passed away just below the Hillary Step during his descent.

Just three people died on Mount Everest above Base Camp this year: clients Phillip II Santiago of the Philippines, who died at Camp IV, and Subrata Gosh, of India, who died on the Hillary Step.

“ 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 ...

The collapse happened around 4:40 a.m. on Tuesday near the Hillary Step as Paterson and Sherpa were making their descent. Daniel Paul Paterson is believed dead after he vanished on Mount Everest.

Climber Nirmal Purja posted this photo on Facebook early on May 23. It shows a dense line of climbers on their way to the Hillary Step and then the summit.

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 ...

KATMANDU, Nepal — From modest Sherpas to the royal family, Nepal honored Sir Edmund Hillary on Thursday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mount Everest conquest and the climb ...

After Everest, Hillary led a number of expeditions. In 1958, he and four companions travelled overland in three modified tractors to become the first to reach the South Pole by vehicle.

WELLINGTON, Jan 11 (Reuters) - New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary, together with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, on May 29, 1953 became the first to scale the 29,028 foot (8,848 metr ...