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.

Did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit of Everest in 1924? This question (and mystery ... but above all whether the two mountaineers would have been capable of climbing up the famous "Second Step".

and more technically demanding sections like the notorious Second Step. The timing of your climb is equally critical. There are two good times in the year to book your Mount Everest expedition.

The Jet Stream will soon subside over the Himalayas, allowing climbers to reach the summits of the highest mountains in the ...

It took Allen Park Inter-City Baptist a quarter to figure out where the cracks were in the Clarkston Everest Collegiate defense, but once the No. 4-ranked Chargers did, they pulled away from the ...