Posted on 05/21/2017 6:11:22 PM PDT by blueplum
A famous feature near the summit of Mount Everest, known as the Hillary Step, has collapsed, potentially making the world's highest peak even more dangerous for climbers. Last year, pictures appeared to show a change in shape to the 12-metre rocky outcrop, named after Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to scale the mountain. It is thought to have been destroyed in Nepal's 2015 earthquake, but snow coverage made the news hard to confirm. British mountaineer Tim Mosedale confirmed the collapse after he reached the summit this week. "It's official — The Hillary Step is no more," he said in a Facebook post. "Not sure what's going to happen when the snow ridge doesn't form because there's some huge blocks randomly perched hither and thither which will be quite tricky to negotiate."
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Bfl
Need the nurse and the burly black “secret service agent” handler with the “pen”
Actually, she was.
Edmund Hillary was named in 1919, Hillary Rodham was named in 1947, nearly 30 years later.
You’re right! But the weird thing, even my very-studious husband thought it was 1 L also!
There must be someone we’re thinking of with 1 L.
Mom was a very perceptive woman! :-)
Yep! That’s the ticket. That video never fails to put a smile on my face.
There is someone somewhat famous that spells the name with one ‘l’ but I can’t think of who it is right now either.
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