The Adventure Blog Takes a Look at Everest 2: Beyond the Limit
October 31, 2007
The Adventure Blog has put up a nice review covering the first episode of Everest 2: Beyond the Limit.
He says most of the first episode was climber introductions and getting to basecamp. I posted the climber biographies of everyone taking part in this season’s series yesterday, but if you didn’t catch it, you can by clicking HERE.
Kraig did mention a couple of things of interest:
One early, compelling scene showed Tim standing amongst the memorials erected for climbers who have died on the mountain. The monument that he is standing next to is clearly labeled with the name of David Sharp, the climber who died last year on the mountain under controversial circumstances. Some people blamed Brice for not helping Sharp, and reportedly as many as 35 or 40 climbers stepped over and around Sharp as he lay dying in the snow. I was personally critical of the show last season for glossing over the controversy and barely touching on it in the shows final episode.
He then went on to talk of the appearance of Maxut and Vissily–the first two to make a successful summit this year. Although Maxut and Vissily were not a part of the larger Himex–Discovery Channel Expedition, they none the less made the program for circumstances that I can’t relate here without giving a ’spoiler’..tune in next week to find out what all the drama was about…
Many of us who followed the Discovery Channel Expedition, as it was occuring this past spring, can kind of see that the program is pretty much going in line with what took place. This first episode was very early on in the Expedition. The next few episodes should pick up the pace and get everyone’s hearts beatin a little faster..
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Written by Jason A. Hendricks · Filed Under Everest 2: Beyond the Limit |
very interesting, but I don’t agree with you
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