At this point the exposure is incredible, with the entire North face at your feet ... ridge leads up to the highest point of Everest. The ridge is not steep, but is exposed, with a 10,000-foot ...
It is terribly steep and broken ... but enough to suggest a high snow cwm under this North-east Face of Everest, finding its outlet somehow to the north. It is this outlet that we have now ...
The Hillary step, the steep crest ... ski descent of Everest. The Frenchman Pierre Tardivel skied down the South Face in autumn 1992 but started from the South summit at 8760m while the Italian Hans ...