SURVIVING EVEREST. Sunday, 8 p.m., National Geographic Channel.
'Surviving Everest," a new documentary about climbers trying to reach the top of the world's highest peak, will face an uphill climb getting an audience.
But "Surviving Everest" is just too good to miss.
Writer-producer-director Liesl Clark created this this two-hour high-altitude thriller about second-generation mountaineers scaling dangerous heights.
But "Surviving Everest" is just too good to miss.
"Surviving Everest" marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest and the 40th anniversary of the first time American citizens stood at the top of the world.
Fifty years ago, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his climbing partner, Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, ascended to the summit of Mount Everest, via a southern ridge route. Ten years later, Barry Bishop was one of a group of United States climbers who braved the more rugged west face of the mountain and became the first Americans to plant the flag atop Everest.
To mark the respective anniversaries of their fathers' achievements, Hillary's son Peter and Norgay's son Jamling teamed to tackle Everest themselves. On the other side of the mountain, Bishop's son Brent set out to recreate his father's dangerous climb, teaming with veteran Everest mountaineer Pete Athans.
Do the math, and you realize even before seeing their faces that these climber's sons are not young men. But they are driven to bond with their fathers: to understand their achievements and send a message.
Peter wants to call his dad by cell phone from the top; Brent wants to literally follow in his late father's footsteps. And Jamling wants to honor his father, and all Sherpas, by asking for respect they richly deserve.
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