Summary The weather on Everest is perfect and hundreds of climbers are all heading for the summit on the same few days. Legendary expedition leader Russell Brice's first team are caught in the human traffic jams high on the mountain and at 28,000 feet every minute counts. Delays mean running out of bottled oxygen or freezing to death, so one of Russell's guides takes matters into his own hands. He holds back rival climbers while his team push through a notorious bottleneck. But is it too little too late?
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Phurba Tashi Sherpa Rod Baber Darius Vaiciulis Fred Ziel
Genres : Adventure Documentary
Release date : Dec 29, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Discovery Channel
Language : English
Production companies : Tigress Productions
Summary The weather on Everest is perfect and hundreds of climbers are all heading for the summit on the same few days. Legendary expedition leader Russell Brice's first team are caught in the human traffic jams high on the mountain and at 28,000 feet every minute counts. Delays mean running out of bottled oxygen or freezing to death, so one of Russell's guides takes matters into his own hands. He holds back rival climbers while his team push through a notorious bottleneck. But is it too little too late?
Genres : Adventure Documentary
Release date : Dec 29, 2009
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : Discovery Channel
Language : English
Production companies : Tigress Productions