The foot of the Second Step is thus reached beneath the ridge ... the summit ridge leads up to the highest point of Everest. The ridge is not steep, but is exposed, with a 10,000-foot-drop on ...

The ridge they would have followed that day is what we refer to as the Second Step. A lot of the climbing that day is horizontal; you're moving sideways as you head toward the summit of Everest.

On 14 June the two reached the summit of Everest via the North Face, following in the footsteps of the two 1924 pioneer alpininsts. The idea was to find out whether Mallory and Irvine died before or ...

Alas, Everest, highest of them all ... The formidable rock wall that stood in their way, the so-called Second Step, is now ...

Everest. Mt. Everest's North Face has a rich ... who reported briefly noticing two tiny figures near the Second Step during a brief parting of the clouds. Then they were gone.

Jordan Chhetri (centre) climbed Everest to raise money for charity A ... as a teenager said the challenge "saved my life for a second time". Jordan Chhetri was treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma ...