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• n  a steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall

• In the icefall there is no system, no repetition, no rhyme or reason to the lay of the frozen land.
• Two people got killed while I was there because they tried to get up the icefall to Camp 1.
• In the icefall there is no system, no repetition, no rhyme or reason to the lay of the frozen land.

News & Articles

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• Khumbu Icefall: Unsteady & deadly
  On Everest, everybody knows that the Khumbu Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass.
  April 23, 2014 - Denver Post
• Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear
  NEW DELHI (AP) — On Everest, everybody knows that the Khumbu Icefall is dangerous. They've known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass.
  April 22, 2014 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, mountaineers, Sherpas have long known Khumbu's danger
  On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous.
  April 22, 2014 - Fox News