Series
Everest Air
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The real-life adventures of a high-altitude helicopter rescue team patrolling Mount Everest are followed in this series, which begins with life and limb being risked to extract two separate injured climbers, both from 21,000 feet. Also: The ARS team provide emergency medical relief to a local boy suffering from a potentially fatal condition.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Welcome to Everest: Tragedy Averted26 Oct 2016 · 45mThe real-life adventures of a high-altitude helicopter rescue team patrolling Mount Everest are followed in this series, which begins with life and limb being risked to extract two separate injured climbers, both from 21,000 feet. Also: The ARS team provide emergency medical relief to a local boy suffering from a potentially fatal condition.
- 2Medicine Mountain Chaos2 Nov 2016 · 45mTwo weeks into the Everest climbing season, the Alpine Rescue Service faces new challenges. From a rescue in the Khumbu Icefall to battling bad weather, the ARS needs all hands on deck to make sure everyone goes home alive.
- 3Life in the Balance at 18,000 feet9 Nov 2016 · 45mSeveral weeks into the climbing season, Jeff and the team must rescue a Spanish climber having cardiac issues at 18,000 feet and a Chinese trekker suffering brain trauma on the way to base camp.
- 4Frostbite In The Death Zone16 Nov 2016 · 45mJeff Evans and the team must go higher up Mount Everest to extricate the leader of a military expedition, an Indian climber frozen in the death zone, and a Sherpa battling an infection.
- 5Snow Blind and Stranded23 Nov 2016 · 45mJeff Evans and his team must rely on the Rescue Sherpa Team to bring incapacitated climbers from the death zone to the helicopters, including two snow blind Sherpas and a Slovakian team member taking a dangerous route to the top.
- 6Highest Rescue, Death on the Mountain30 Nov 2016 · 45mAs the end of the Everest climbing season approaches, climbers race against the weather to reach the summit. Jeff Evans and his team must attempt one of the highest rescues in Everest history, and not everyone makes it home alive.
Details
- First aired
- 26 Oct 2016
- Last aired
- 30 Nov 2016
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Travel Channel
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 1 on TMDB
Cast
- JJeff EvansMedic/Host
