Here is an example where someone climbing strictly on the ridge would encounter a vertical section:
What do you call this feature?
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Sign up to join this communityHere is an example where someone climbing strictly on the ridge would encounter a vertical section:
What do you call this feature?
I would call it a "step" just like you have done.
There is historical precedent for this, with the most famous one being the Hillary Step at 8,790 m (28,839 feet) on Mount Everest named after Sir Edmund Hillary, who, along with Tenzing Norgay were the first known people to climb it in their 1953 ascent of Everest.
Into Thin Air
it's not a trivial piece of work given the altitude.
Sep 20 at 7:56