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The Hillary Step is gone, destroyed by a massive earthquake in 2015. No, wait. The Hillary Step remains intact—it’s just buried beneath deep snow. Maybe. Such has been the debate this week ...

The Hillary Step as it looked last week, in a photo taken by Tim Mosedale Days after a British mountaineer claimed that a famous rock feature near the summit of Mount Everest had disintegrated ...

The Hillary Step, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who made the first ascent with Tenzing Norgay in 1953, is believed to have collapsed during the devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal in 2015.

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.

The Hillary Step, a rocky outcrop at 8,770m, just beneath the summit of Everest (8,850m), has finally succumbed to gravity and partially collapsed. At least it has according to mountaineer Tim ...

Mike Searle is a professor of earth sciences at the University of Oxford. The Hillary Step, a rocky outcrop at 8,770m, just beneath the summit of Everest (8,850m), has finally succumbed to gravity ...

The Hillary Step is a 12-metre (39ft) rock face, forming the last great obstacle before the summit of Everest - wouldn't it be hard to miss? Yes, says British mountaineer Tim Mosedale, who reached ...