i don t think it s possible to get somebody who s incapacitated down the hillary step. the rescue that would save his life was no longer coming. the storm, the wind, the snow, the cold everything is just crescendoing. i don t want to die. i don t want to die. if you re stuck up there, you might as well be on the moon. tonight on frontline, storm over everest. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. > with major funding from the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. helping to build a more just world. and additional funding from the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. narrator: for over 25 years, i ve been making the journey to mt. everest. i ve stood on its summit five times. the mountain has given me great joy and close friendships. it s also been a place of hardship and tragedy. in 1996, a fast-moving storm trapped climbers high on the mountain and people died. stories
i don t think it s possible to get somebody who s incapacitated down the hillary step. the rescue that would save his life was no longer coming. the storm, the wind, the snow, the cold everything is just crescendoing. i don t want to die. i don t want to die. if you re stuck up there, you might as well be on the moon. tonight on frontline, storm over everest. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. > with major funding from the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. helping to build a more just world. and additional funding from the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. narrator: for over 25 years, i ve been making the journey to mt. everest. i ve stood on its summit five times. the mountain has given me great joy and close friendships. it s also been a place of hardship and tragedy. in 1996, a fast-moving storm trapped climbers high on the mountain and people died. stories
i don t think it s possible to get somebody who s incapacitated down the hillary step. the rescue that would save his life was no longer coming. the storm, the wind, the snow, the cold everything is just crescendoing. i don t want to die. i don t want to die. if you re stuck up there, you might as well be on the moon. tonight on frontline, storm over everest. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. > with major funding from the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. helping to build a more just world. and additional funding from the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. narrator: for over 25 years, i ve been making the journey to mt. everest. i ve stood on its summit five times. the mountain has given me great joy and close friendships. it s also been a place of hardship and tragedy. in 1996, a fast-moving storm trapped climbers high on the mountain and people died. stories