Article 2QEK5 Mount Everest's Hillary Step is still there, say Nepalese climbers

Mount Everest's Hillary Step is still there, say Nepalese climbers

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Rocky outcrop reported to have collapsed is covered in snow but intact, says chair of Nepal Mountaineering Association

Nepalese climbers have disputed reports that a famous rocky outcrop near the peak of Mount Everest has collapsed, saying the so-called Hillary Step is covered in snow but intact.

The British mountaineer Tim Mosedale said at the weekend that the section of rock first traversed by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in their successful ascent of Everest in 1953 had collapsed - probably due to a 2015 earthquake.

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