Everest: Beyond the Limit

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Everest: Beyond the Limit
Season 2 Logo of Everest: Beyond the Limit
Format	Reality television
Starring	Season One - Russell Brice, Max Chaya, Mark Inglis, Mogens Jensen, Brent Merrell, Terry O'Connor, Tim Medvetz, Brett Merrell Season Two - Russell Brice, Rod Babar, Mogens Jensen, Tim Medvetz, Monica Chavarri, Phurba Tashi, David Tait, Katsusuke Yanagisawa, Fred Ziel
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Running time	60 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Discovery Channel
Original run	November 14, 2006 – December 18, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Everest: Beyond the Limit is a Discovery Channel reality television series about yearly attempts to summit Mount Everest organized and led by New Zealander Russell Brice.

A 17 member production crew followed 11 climbers, three guides, and a team of Sherpas up the mountain in April and May of 2006. The first season's six part series included double-amputee Mark Inglis' ascent and footage of British climber David Sharp, who died in the attempt. The series was shot using high altitude equipment and helmet mounted cameras worn by Sherpas.^[1]

In the second season, biker Tim Medvetz and Danish asthmatic Mogens Jensen returned to successfully summit despite Jensen's initial unwillingness to use oxygen and Medvetz's accidental fall and hand injury. Jensen nearly died on the descent when a piton attached to a rock pass came loose and he fell a few feet off the slope. Rod Babar ascended ahead of Medvetz with a cell phone battery taped to his chest, which upon summiting he used to make a mobile phone call to his family. Mountaineer David Tait attempted the first double-traverse of Everest, planning to ascend the north side, descend the south, and make the return trip. Tait reached the south side base but declined to complete his plan as he had lagged behind Phurba Tashi. He respectfully felt that Tashi would purposefully have to let him reach his objective first to secure the record. Fred Ziel completed his first summit of Everest from the north side (he had previously failed twice after climbing the south), while Katsusuke Yanagisawa—at age 71—became the oldest man to summit Everest as of 2007. Yanagi experienced intermittent throat pain but was otherwise completely healthy upon his return to base camp. The following day, Brice presented him with a gift before packing up camp. Following the last four episodes of the second season of Everest, the Discovery Channel aired an After the Climb segment similar to the Deadliest Catch series's After the Catch. Phil Keoghan hosted discussions on several subjects with the show's participants and several well-known climbers, including Peter Hillary. Common topics included meteorology, dangers such as frostbite and oxygen starvation, equipment (especially the use of oxygen), and the workings of Brice's business.

Katsusuke Yanagisawa

[edit] List of Episodes

Season 1

#	Title	Original airdate
01	"Summit Dreams"	November 14, 2006
02	"The Gatekeeper"	November 21, 2006
03	"To The Summit"	November 28, 2006
04	"Into the Death Zone"	December 5, 2006
05	"Mutiny on the Mountain"	December 12, 2006
06	"The Final Cost"	December 19, 2006

Season 2

#	Title	Original airdate
01	"Dream Chasers"	October 30, 2007
02	"On the Ropes"	November 6, 2007
03	"Judgment Day"	November 13, 2007
04	"World Record"	November 20, 2007
05	"Long Way Down"	November 27, 2007
06	"The Death Zone"	December 4, 2007
07	"Breaking Point"	December 11, 2007
08	"Now or Never"	December 18, 2007