Ultimate Survival: Everest on Travel Channel

[MattS]

Does anyone know anything about this Ultimate Survival Everest series:
http://travel.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp?series=68460&gid=0&channel=TRV

There is no description, but apparently its a four part series starting Wednesday at 8pm on the Travel Channel. It might be interesting.

 

[sapblatt]

Looks good...a coworker who thinks that what I do in the Whites is basically the same as climbing Everest just told me about this...looks interesting to me!

 

[giggy]

found some info on this - looks pretty good.

http://www.ctvtravel.ca/shows/?mode=1&id=337

 

[ClimbHi]

Thanks for sharing this information. Looks like a great show to watch!

 

[giggy]

well worth watching I thought -

I had not idea the lhotse face was sloped at 70 degrees - I was thinking for years 45 maybe 50 tops. wow!!

 

[Rick]

I caught it last night. I am definitely dialed into it now.

 

[HikerAmiga]

2nd Part Tonight!!

I watched last Wednesday's and loved it!

Tonight is the next episode on the Travel Channel at 8pm and again at 11pm.

Recommend it!!

 

[mtnmama]

Everest

Mtnpa and I caught this last week. Very interesting, hope
too see all the episodes.

 

[ROCKYSUMMIT]

I missed the first episode, bummer. Looking forward to the rest of them.Thanks.

 

[HikerAmiga]

Tonight's episode...

Here's a synopsis of tonights episode that I found online...

"Episode Two... On their way up to the next camp, a snowstorm hits and Team Discovery is caught on the Lhotse Face, an icy 70-degree slope where one wrong move can be deadly."