Everest Air

2016-10-26 Documentary TV-PG

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.

Storyline

First Aired

2016-10-26
Last Aired

2016-11-30
Creator
Genre

Documentary, Reality
Seasons

1
Episodes

6
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

Travel Channel

Keywords:

climbing mount everest

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Season 1

1. Welcome to Everest: Tragedy Averted

The real-life adventures of a high-altitude helicopter rescue team patrolling Mount Everest are follow...More

45mins 2016-10-26

2. Medicine Mountain Chaos

Two weeks into the Everest climbing season, the Alpine Rescue Service faces new challenges. From a res...More

Two 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.Less

45mins 2016-11-02

3. Life in the Balance at 18,000 feet

Several weeks into the climbing season, Jeff and the team must rescue a Spanish climber having cardiac...More

Several 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.Less

45mins 2016-11-09

4. Frostbite In The Death Zone

Jeff Evans and the team must go higher up Mount Everest to extricate the leader of a military expediti...More

Jeff 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.Less

45mins 2016-11-16

5. Snow Blind and Stranded

Jeff Evans and his team must rely on the Rescue Sherpa Team to bring incapacitated climbers from the d...More

Jeff 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.Less

45mins 2016-11-23

6. Highest Rescue, Death on the Mountain

As the end of the Everest climbing season approaches, climbers race against the weather to reach the s...More

As 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.Less