It features the treacherous Khumbu Icefall, and the Westerm Cwm up the Lhotse Face.
The South Col is the route that was taken by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay on their first ascent of the mountain in 1953. It features the treacherous Khumbu Icefall, and the Westerm Cwm up the Lhotse Face. Before its collapse, it also featured the legendary Hillary Step. The South Col begins at Everest’s southern Base Camp, which has an altitude of 5,364 metres.