Discarded expedition equipment litters the football field-sized ... The most famous physical feature on Everest, the Hillary Step, at 28,750 feet, is a 40-foot spur of snow and ice.

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Anker and Houlding formed part of the "Altitude Everest" expedition led by Anker himself. To recreate the historical ascent the 2007 expedition chose to climb on the same days as Mallory and Irvine, ...