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Summit Gridlock

Climbers going up and down from the Hillary Step cause a traffic jam on the mountain.

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Discovery Channel Clips

  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: Summit Gridlock
    Summit Gridlock

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:44)

    Climbers going up and down from the Hillary Step cause a traffic jam on the mountain.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: Avalanche Alley
    Avalanche Alley

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:42)

    An avalanche causes a climber to go missing. Rescuers search for three hours never finding the first victim of the season.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: The Death Zone
    The Death Zone

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:01)

    Camp 4 sits on the edge of the Death Zone -- the last camp before summit.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: Top of the World
    Top of the World

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:35)

    At 4 a.m, a climber realizes his life-long dream has come true.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: Home In One Piece
    Home In One Piece

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:41)

    A fall causes a climber to break a rib, but he is the only one that can get himself down the mountain in one piece.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: Avalanche
    Avalanche

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:43)

    A large group heads up the mountain at night when the ice is at its strongest -- then they encounter their first avalanche.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: No Summit Rescue
    No Summit Rescue

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:35)

    One of the climbers reaches the summit but is too sick to even stand up. A rescue on the summit is impossible.
  • Play Everest: Scott's Summit
    Scott's Summit

    Everest (00:30)

    Sherpa Cams catch astronaut Scott Parazynski posing with one of the banners he carried to the summit of Everest on May 20, 2009.
  • Play Everest: View From the Roof of the World Sherpa Cams catch climbers departing the summit of Mt. Everest on May 20. Notice the very thin track and precipitous drop.
  • Play Everest Beyond the Limit: The Lhotse Face
    The Lhotse Face

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:04)

    The Lhotse Face is a 45 to 60 degree climb straight up. Without being clipped into the safety ropes, a climber could plunge 3,000 feet to the bottom.
  • Play Bears Everest: Return to Everest
    Return to Everest

    Bears Everest (00:34)

    He's survived two climbs already. Will there be a third?
  • Play Everest: Summit Team Arrives
    Summit Team Arrives

    Everest (00:49)

    Congratulations! Astronaut Scott Parazynski, Dawes Eddy and Ed Wardle arrive at the summit of Mt. Everest on May 20 at approximately 4:00 a.m. Nepal time.
 

Watch videos from Discovery Channel's Everest: Beyond the Limit that highlight the struggles, triumphs, highs and lows of climbers who attempt to trek the world's tallest peak.

 
 

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