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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: 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: Massive Avalanche
    Massive Avalanche

    Everest (01:41)

    A massive avalanche breaks over the Khumbu Icefall, burying much of the route's ropes and ladders. This one comes dangerously close to Base Camp.
  • 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: 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.
  • 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 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 Everest Beyond the Limit: The Valley of Khume
    The Valley of Khume

    Everest Beyond the Limit (01:35)

    The western Khume is a deep valley of ice that gets very hot with the sun -- reaching upwards to 100 degrees F.
  • 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.
 

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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