400 feet below the South Summit, a series of rock steps often ... ropes and using what is now considered primitive ice climbing equipment. At 29,028 feet, the world's highest point is covered ...

Pastemba Sherpa, a Mount Everest guide, breaks down every piece of gear Sherpa guides use to summit the world's tallest mountain. All of this equipment needs to be carried up and back, so guides ...

Climbers typically spend a day or two here organizing gear and practicing glacier ... as The Antarctic Summer Ushers in Climbing Season on 7 Summit Mt. Vinson.