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Other hazards include Pele's hair -- strands of volcanic glass often produced by lava fountaining activity -- crater wall instability, ground cracking and rockfalls.
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 June 2025
Additionally, certain areas along the trail have been identified as rockfall hazards.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Local authorities suspended the search on Thursday afternoon, saying the debris mounds were too unstable for now and warned of further rockfalls.
—Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Some expedition operators prefer to climb from the Chinese side, claiming that Everest’s Northeast ridge is less vulnerable to avalanches and rockfall than the southern flank.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2024
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Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 June 2025
Additionally, certain areas along the trail have been identified as rockfall hazards.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Local authorities suspended the search on Thursday afternoon, saying the debris mounds were too unstable for now and warned of further rockfalls.
—Dave Graham, Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2025
Some expedition operators prefer to climb from the Chinese side, claiming that Everest’s Northeast ridge is less vulnerable to avalanches and rockfall than the southern flank.
—Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 24 Apr. 2024
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“Rockfall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rockfall. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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