Hillary Step 希拉里台階

Hillary Step
繁：希拉里台階
简：希拉里台阶

「希拉里台階」（Hillary Step）是登上8848米珠峰頂的最後一關，它位於珠峰東南脊海拔約8790米處，高12米，是近乎垂直的岩石斷面。1953年，新西蘭登山家希拉里（Edmund Hillary）與雪巴人嚮導首次翻過這個斷面成功登頂，該處因而被命名為「希拉里台階」。希拉里曾將這塊巨石形容為可決定登頂成敗的「大難題」。

英攀山家﹕珠峰希拉里台階崩塌（2017年5月23日）。明報，取自 https://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170523/s00014/1495476382387

The Hillary Step is a 12-metre (39ft) rock face, forming the last great obstacle before the summit of Everest – wouldn’t it be hard to miss?

Yes, says British mountaineer Tim Mosedale, who reached the summit on 16 May for the sixth time. He confirmed the step’s disappearance to the BBC on Sunday, saying it was “definitely not there any more”, and was most likely a victim of Nepal’s 2015 earthquake.

Everest’s Hillary Step: Has it gone or not? (2017, May 22). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39997548