Mountain Guiding Going Prime Time? The Search Is On For New Reality TV Series..
Posted by Jason A. Hendricks on September 26, 2008 |
The Climbing Blog of The American Alpine Institute has ran an interesting piece detailing some plans for a possible new reality television series based on mountain guiding. To many of us, this won’t seem as much of a surprise, especially with the success of previous shows like Everest: Beyond the Limit, Deadliest Catch, and even Survivor.
I am not real clear on many of the details, or even the basis of the program, other than it will revolve around mountain guides and guiding. There will definitely be a Pilot program made to pimp out to the networks, and a Seattle lawyer is already lining up a few guides for auditions to take part in the program. A few of the AAI (American Alpine Institue) guides have already auditioned, but it hasn’t been noted of who is in, and who is out. I am sure that companies like IMG, Himex, Alpine Ascents, etc. will all be pitching to take part in this process. This could ensure them some much needed funds for the future. We all know that mountain guiding is an expensive and dangerous business..