Everest: Beyond the Limit is an American docu-reality television series produced by Tigress Productions which documents yearly attempts to summit Mount Everest organised and led by New Zealander Russell Brice.
The series originally premiered in the USA on the Discovery Channel on 14 November, 2006. The second season premiered on 30 October, 2007. There are 14 episodes in two seasons to date.
Everest: Beyond the Limit premiered in South Africa on DStv's Discovery Channel on Saturday 7 April 2007, at 21h00. There were six episodes in the first season.
Everest 2: Beyond the Limit (the second season title) premiered on Discovery on Monday 14 April 2008, at 21h00. There are eight hour-long episodes in the season.
Season 2 Repeats
Sundays: 19h00
Season 1
Everest: Beyond the Limit takes you along on a treacherous trek up the tallest mountain in the world.
Experience one of the most deadly and controversial Mount Everest climbing seasons on record as Discovery Channel follows veteran guide Russell Brice's expedition up the mountain's North Face.
The intense and emotional epic follows six climbers as they ascend from base camp at 5,380 metres to the summit at 8,850 metres.
Using cutting-edge technologies, including high-altitude video and small cameras mounted to Sherpas' helmets, as well as old-fashioned human determination, the six-part saga not only puts viewers on the summit of Everest, but also captures the amazing journey of individuals striving to reach an almost impossible goal.
Everest: Beyond the Limit chronicles the struggles and triumphs as people from all walks of life attempt to reach the world's tallest peak during the two-month expedition.
This is their chance to fulfil their ambitions but is it worth the risk?
Season 2
Discovery Channel sends its most advanced high-altitude cameras once again to the world’s tallest mountain to document an epic climb where ambition overrides agony, exhaustion — and the chances of survival.
Everest 2: Beyond the Limit, the second season of Discovery Channel’s acclaimed series, documents the gruelling April/May 2007 summit attempt by an international group of climbers.
The 2007 climbing season was the busiest yet, as more climbers than ever before faced the extreme conditions on Everest in an attempt to fulfill a dream. Seven lost their lives, most did not reach the summit, and those who did will never be the same.
For Everest 2: Beyond the Limit, a 17-member production team followed an expedition of climbers and professional mountain guides, organized and led by New Zealander Russell Brice.
Throughout the eight-hour series, viewers go on a journey with the climbers, gaining a unique insight into the physical and mental strength needed to conquer Mount Everest.
High-resolution Sherpa-cams give viewers a unique insight into the dangers of the mountain and what climbers go through for the chance to briefly stand on top of the world.
Returning this year are asthmatic Iron-Man competitor Mogens Jensen from Denmark, who once again tries to summit without supplemental oxygen, and Hollywood motorcycle enthusiast Tim Medvetz, who had to be talked into turning back last year only 350 feet below summit.
Joining them are several climbers new to Everest: Beyond the Limit, including Katsusuke Yanagisawa of Japan who, at 71 years old, wants to become the oldest man ever to summit Everest; Monica Piris, from England and the team’s high altitude doctor; Betsy Huelskamp, a Los Angeles-based journalist who interviewed Medvetz after his failed 2006 attempt and was inspired to try the climb herself; David Tait, attempting a world-first double traverse to raise money for a charity close to his heart; and Phurba Tashi, Himalayan Experience’s most experienced Sherpa who accompanies Tait.
Other climbers include Rod Baber from England and California physician Fred Ziel.