Everest: The South West Face

An in depth look at Chris Bonington's 1975 expedition to climb the South West face of Mt Everest and put the very first British mountaineers on the summit. In the face of overwhelming odds, dwindling oxygen supplies, freezing Jet Stream winds, avalanche, frostbite, widespread public negativity and the press reporting that failure was almost inevitable - a British team succeeded - where all others had failed

Friday, 16 October 2 airings
17:00
PBS America
Everest: The South West Face
21:45
PBS America
Everest: The South West Face