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Wer mal Lust und Zeit hat, sollte sich diese Serie anschauen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUUF5nb0ASE

Gibt einen guten Eindruck, wie kommerzielle Bergsteiger-Partien am Mount Everest funktionieren und was für Vögel da heute rumeiern.

From Camp VI, climbers will make their final summit push. Climbers face a treacherous traverse from the base of the First Step: 27,890 feet (8,500 m) – 28,000 feet (8,500 m), to the crux of the climb, the Second Step: 28,140 feet (8,580 m) – 28,300 feet. (The Second Step includes a climbing aid called the "Chinese ladder", a metal ladder placed semi-permanently in 1975 by a party of Chinese climbers. It has been almost continuously in place since, and ladders have been used by virtually all climbers on the route.) Once above the Second Step the inconsequential Third Step is clambered over: 28,510 feet (8,690 m) – 28,870 feet (8,800 m). Once above these steps, the summit pyramid is climbed by a snow slope of 50 degrees, to the final summit ridge along which the top is reached.[38]

Ich meinte den Second Step, keine Ahnung ob der identisch mit dem Hillary Step ist. Ich glaub aber eigentlich nicht.