Everest Air

TV-PG2016•45m•8.0/10

DocumentaryReality

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8.0/10(1)

The real-life adventures of a high-altitude helicopter rescue team patrolling Mount Everest are followed in this series, which begins with life and limb being risked to extract two separate injured climbers, both from 21,000 feet. Also: The ARS team provide emergency medical relief to a local boy suffering from a potentially fatal condition.

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Production

Travel Channel

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

October 26, 2016

Last Aired

November 30, 2016

Networks

Travel Channel

Where to Watch

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Welcome to Everest: Tragedy Averted

Air date: 2016-10-26

Medicine Mountain Chaos

Air date: 2016-11-02

Two weeks into the Everest climbing season, the Alpine Rescue Service faces new challenges. From a rescue in the Khumbu Icefall to battling bad weather, the ARS needs all hands on deck to make sure everyone goes home alive.

Life in the Balance at 18,000 feet

Air date: 2016-11-09

Several weeks into the climbing season, Jeff and the team must rescue a Spanish climber having cardiac issues at 18,000 feet and a Chinese trekker suffering brain trauma on the way to base camp.

Frostbite In The Death Zone

Air date: 2016-11-16

Jeff Evans and the team must go higher up Mount Everest to extricate the leader of a military expedition, an Indian climber frozen in the death zone, and a Sherpa battling an infection.

Snow Blind and Stranded

Air date: 2016-11-23

Jeff Evans and his team must rely on the Rescue Sherpa Team to bring incapacitated climbers from the death zone to the helicopters, including two snow blind Sherpas and a Slovakian team member taking a dangerous route to the top.

Highest Rescue, Death on the Mountain

Air date: 2016-11-30

As the end of the Everest climbing season approaches, climbers race against the weather to reach the summit. Jeff Evans and his team must attempt one of the highest rescues in Everest history, and not everyone makes it home alive.