TV Guide: Everest

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Looking Back Up the Mountain

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The production crew reflects on their Everest experience.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Program Sneak Peek

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

You've never seen Everest like this. Seriously...the Sherpas wore cameras on their helmets.

Video: Everest: Khumbu Icefall Raw

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Ed brings you up close and personal with the most dangerous area on Everest, the icefall.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Wind Warning

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Predicting the weather on Everest is an art, and Russell Brice is the undisputed master.

Video: Everest: Raw Khumbu Icefall

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Cameraman Ed Wardle gets up close and personal with the most dangerous area on the mountain.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Mogens Jensen

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet Denmark's only professional mountain climber, an asthmatic determined to summit Everest without supplemental oxygen.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Mark Inglis

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet the New Zealander whose dream is to become the first double amputee to summit Mount Everest.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Learning to Breathe

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The summit of Mount Everest is so high the human body can barely function, so most climbers rely on supplemental oxygen to reach the top.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Blessing the Climb

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

The climbers take time out to participate in a traditional Sherpa blessing ceremony at Base Camp -- the Puja.

Video: Everest: Beyond the Limit Brett Merrell

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Meet the L.A. firefighter who wants to plant a U.S. flag on the summit in honor of his comrades who perished on 9/11.

Video: Everest: Summit Sunrise

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

See what Wed. May, 20 looks like from the top of the world. Sherpa Cam footage beamed straight from the summit of Everest to your computer in record time.

Video: Everest: Everest vs. Ed

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

So, what do you do if your tent is blown away by jet-stream-force winds at 4 miles above sea level? Ed explains. And BTW, Ed: Put your gloves on! Jeez... altitude.

Video: Everest: Summit Team Arrives

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Congratulations! Astronaut Scott Parazynski, Dawes Eddy and Ed Wardle arrive at the summit of Mt. Everest on May 20 at approximately 4:00 a.m. Nepal time.

Video: Everest: Icefall by Sherpa Cam

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Ed Wardle captured this raw footage of a portion of the Khumbu Icefall using a Sherpa Cam with infrared lens. Climbers must cross the icefall in the dark because the sun melts the ice, making it more dangerous.

Video: Everest: Scott's Summit

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Sherpa Cams catch astronaut Scott Parazynski posing with one of the banners he carried to the summit of Everest on May 20, 2009.

Video: Everest: How to Film the Khumbu Icefall

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Ed Wardle demonstrates how he captures awesome footage on the Khumbu Icefall. On his head is a Sherpa Cam with infrared lens.

Video: Everest: Massive Avalanche

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A massive avalanche breaks over the Khumbu Icefall, burying much of the route's ropes and ladders. This one comes dangerously close to Base Camp.

Video: Everest: Massive Avalanche Up Close

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Another perspective on the May 4 avalanche in the icefall. In the foreground is legendary American mountaineer, Ed Viesturs. Video courtesy of John Shea.

Video: Everest: View From the Roof of the World

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Sherpa Cams catch climbers departing the summit of Mt. Everest on May 20. Notice the very thin track and precipitous drop.

Video: Everest: Sherpa Birthday Song

Discovery Channel — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Scott Parazynski enlists the help of the Sherpas to sing "Happy Birghday" to Mike Barratt. Oh, btw, Mike is at the International Space Station.

Video: Everest: First on the Peak

Biography — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0500

On May 29th, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa of Nepal, become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which at 29,035 feet above sea level is the highest point on earth.