Mount Everest expedition

Title

Mount Everest expedition

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Mar 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:04:25

Description

Report on an expedition to climb Mount Everest from a new route in Tibet, led by British mountaineer Chris Bonington. Includes interviews with expedition members: Chris Bonington, Dr Charles Clarke, Peter Boardman. Male reporter not identified, poss. Paul Maurice. Boardman later died during the climb.

Contributors

Chris Bonington; Paul Maurice?; Peter Boardman; Charles Clarke

Keywords

Climbing; Mountaineering expeditions; Mount Everest; Tibet; Chris Bonington; Mountaineers; Mountaineering; Himalayas; Peter Boardman; Charles Clarke

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