Discovery Channel Ultimate Survival Everest Episode 6

On the last episode of ultimate survivor.

Everest teen discovery climbers Andrew lock and Hector pasta Leo made it to the summit of the world’s United States tallest mountain just one day after British socialite Annabelle bond and her Chilean teammates who stood on the famous peak company I’m while diabetic climber will cross was slowly heading to camp three Mexican climber Andre Estelle gada was suffering through his painful attempted survival summoning without oxygen oh yeah but not every climber went for the top Channel Simpsons team discovery leader Ben Webster stated cap – and he said his girlfriend Shawna Burke back to North Face base camp they’re resting for they’re pushed slated to begin in five days there’s been countless close calls this season but mercifully no desk however on Everest most lives are lost when the exhausted climbers are descending and so far no summit er has made it safely back down the mountain it’s noon on May 16th 30 climbers are.

Inching their way back down to camp 4 having made it to the summit of Mount Everest base camp mount everest earlier this morning passing them on the famous Hillary step are more climbers still on their way to the peak most have a turnaround time of.

Two o’clock that means wherever they are on route to the summit they plan on turning around at 2 p.m. so they can make it safely back to camp 4 before night falls or the weather turns Sky Help team discovery are all healthy and descending well so far everything is going perfectly just below what’s called the balcony andreas Delgado was alone by his quest to summit without oxygen steena life for a hit of energy this married father sucks on liquid honey sucking on oxygen would help him more climbing without oxygen is almost impossible less than 8 of all Everest summits have been done without supplemental gas at this rate it will be almost dark before andreas sees the summit that’s too late he’s climbing it one speakable danger human body parts still swathed in gore-tex frozen in time remind climbers that if you falter this mountain will simply destroy Andreas is unrelenting way down at camp – you can’t wipe the grin off Ben’s face having six of his Job Description team members make it to the top is something he revels in but when Hector radios down that a climber is in trouble.

Above eighty six hundred meters Ben gets right back to business there’s an emergency high on the mountain I just talked to Andrew what has happened is our group as a group descent came across what I believe to be old Tom from the Mexican Canadian group he seems completely out of it it’s Tom Masterson the 58 year old mountain guide from Colorado who’s climbing without oxygen he’s become delusional into rational you can’t get anywhere major tries to be patient but tom is ranting he has broken Footwear and his safety harness hangs sadly at his knees yet he’s convinced he can make it thank you with me alone I can kiss it if he’s falling down now on his way up he’ll never come home stop Tom going from climbing and help him come down can you do that can you rescue him lakpa gala with Mingma fixed Tom’s crap on Tom thinks it’s to help him go up he has no idea he’s being rescued yeah tell me they’re talking to an absent friend yeah andrew has seen this kind of insanity before it’s most likely being caused by high altitude cerebral edema which means.

Tom’s brain is probably so swollen it’s squeezing against itself causing confusion and a loss of motor skills if he’s unlucky Tom could have a stroke I will go down no problem hmm at Basecamp Tom’s Wells Fargo team member Jose Luis has lost control as climbers while Tom’s life is being saved another Pizza Hut team member is also in dire straits having run out of oxygen once again then informs Basecamp that Skylanders Trap team discovery is dealing with the crisis Grand Avenue team discovery has extra oxygen leftover from their summit push Hector prepares a spare tank with a mask and regulator before setting off to meet Andrew and Tom Andres has made it to Tom’s side Tom now breeds Side Effects bottled oxygen but he’s refusing a deck shot a hypodermic needle that would alleviate his brain swelling I think on top of the oxygen you guys are.

Getting in it makes sense to go ahead and give him the dexamethasone shot and the Diamox if you can get him to take it with the air climber right now and we’ll.

Get the information and I’m sure over okay Andre is encourages Tom not to take any drugs if he want to Tom.

Tom’s teammate Louise mistakin Andrews last bottle of oxygen Louise needs help seeing his team in tatters like this andreas must decide which is more important his own climb or the safety of his team wisely the accepts oxygen from normal rules of life don’t apply here.

For example what goes up First Person mount everest necessarily come down there’s a rescue technique called short roping climbers tie themselves together with a the stronger climber then lowers the weaker one tom is being short roped down by the Sherpas while andrew is waiting to help another lost climber Everest is larger than life this vein of marble called the Black Snake yellow band is the highest fault line in the world we’ll cross is feeling the strain of climbing up the Behind Head yellow band he’s been on his feet for four hours and he’s not rock climbing it twenty four and a half.

Thousand feet and that’s exhausting leave it on us so little come rock bad he ever got about two hours to go that.

Death rocks is flybys and the oxygen.

Systems working really well you can hear it pulse and that fires the oxygen end to the system will is climbed the highest mountain on four of the seven anteus key to both the North and South Poles today he’s leading the third wave of climbers headed for the summit of Edmund Hillary mount everest five teams are leaving Camp three this morning hoping to arrive at the peak 24 hours from now if will makes it to camp four he will eat take insulin rest until just after dark and then head for his destiny but first you must break this way past the Fire Extinguisher yellow band Annabelle and andronica are both still higher than kites following their successful trip to the summit it’s an ecstasy it was worth every hardship happies be going down Congress listen thank you so much oh yeah good dauber ah it was so tough pulling himself up but over the Geneva spur will is honing in a camp for it’s only half an hour away now are going very well for will was a little nervous trying out his brand new untested High Flow oxygen system here but as getting him all the gas he needs as will arrives at Kent he sees exactly what is.

Going to be in for this evening they must leave in the dark now we hydrate think the plan in the moment will be mullah to leave relatively early we’re in the honeymoon a night I tend to move rather slowly on I got me to pole the reason for that is that’s what last the insulin as it settles into his tan for some last-minute rest will here’s a voice but it figure Eight’s him more than oxygen I will live a me at main camp how are you honey hey wifey good to hear from you the climbers who made it to the summit.

Of First Woman mount everest this morning by starting to filter back down to camp for most look worse for wear but are stoked to be alive with stories of epic glory it’s been a great day so far we summon it all of us for sure passing they’re keeping Westerners while the Sherpas wait for luck Begay Liu and Ming not to return will cross waits for his wife to contact him on the she is trucked into Mt Everest base camp to cheer him on I will this is Amy at Marine Corps base camp.

Glad you made it up to Duffel Bag base camp our are great here but I’d like to know how your climb went today sex equality today was hard he’s high and yeah they were rocks and ropes involved so if you are if you can’t get turned out by that as a climber you’re in the wrong game it was a great day so you’re feeling really healthy oxygen helps in a good teammate house so we are hydrating and eating right now and then looking to leave early copy what’s your estimated time for departure we’re going look to leave camp between 8:00 and 8:30 p.m. which is rather early but does anyone at Best Time base camp can tell you the last 24 hours has been epic and we’re aiming to avoid copy that well sounds like a good plan that’ll bring you home to me a lot sooner so I like the sounds of that every turn one time in my mind of noon to keep safe and reasonable to put you and Max ahead of the game that’s great babe I love you a lot and I can’t wait to have you back down here at Messenger Bag base camp safe I know you’re going to do well tomorrow tonight and tomorrow.

Okay maybe I love you so much.

Take it easy I’ve been with you the whole time okay I’ll be thinking of you and that’s it I love you over and out it’s good to have your wife of the man lack Mugello and Mingma Sherpa are back at camp for their late and drained because they helped rescue Tom Masterson up high tom was talking to people who weren’t there he was staggering like a drunk now he seems better but he’s refusing to believe he was ever in trouble tired but better I want to lose altitude yep okay then after 20 hours of climbing in the Andrew Locke comes back to camp what a hey Andrew he summited First Man mount everest and helped save two lives you must be wasting man good job you brought that guy down good job Angela Andrew is thrilled with his performance today but he’s only at camp four it’s too soon for celebrations down at camp to happiness for the Chilean team is totally unrestrained Annabelle and andronica receive a hero’s.

Welcome from their team manager Rodrick.

Oh we did it I knew oh my god hi Mary oh my god Oh Mary was done marvelous donkey people climb Everest so they can stare death in the face when death stares back it either scares the life out of them or it makes them realize everything they have to live for yes they seeking help oldest boy it was his birthday and the other two smaller dotter also deliver so to make it with birthday when one graduating in bathroom college I keep saying those days I am nothing that he’s Reagan my first kid and that’s very much alive mean I they were it was if anything I must come down to at least.

Tell my family what I did six climbers will be dead when this season ends and Drona Coe will be home with his family as your own shot that I made it I don’t think people can believe that I’ve actually done it which is a nice thing it’s good to surprise people rather than have to expect you to do it alone in a tent 8,000 meters above sea.

Level we’ll cross administers himself as shot of insulin he’s exhausted but ready to go for the summit now feeling pretty.

Good after a long day hauling up oh shut up we gotta get out there and do it hope the weather holds hold the oxygen holes over bodies hole and that’s right ed 8:30 p.m. we’ll cross left camp four headed for the summit of Death Zone mount everest it’s 2:30 a.m. now and will it stop just below the balcony at an altitude of 80 600 meters his climb is suddenly shockingly over trusting an untested Ultrafill Home oxygen system has cost him everything problems with the oxygen could have made it to the top couldn’t made it back down say that was keeping a promise he made to his wife to come home safely will sacrifices his climb and turns around Hector leaves camp four headed back down.

To camp – it’s going to be a tougher climb that he had planned on because yesterday he gave away all of his remaining oxygen I’m tired for sure it’s not a kind of fatigue in which all feels you feel it from going fast or slow you just can feel that your body has burned down to the last calorie that’s a kind of tire I.

We’ll cross arrived safely back at camp four it’s painful to think that if his Mountain High oxygen system hadn’t failed he’d be approaching the south side right now failure comes in many forms on Everest it’s what keeps this mountain so yeah same the game you win some you lose in summer today and that’s always so we came to do but it’s a decision I can live with and today was a right one God you know what you have to go through just to get far as he did shows that you know he’s got endurance great strength good heart you know strong mind so I’m really proud of him Seana Burke is leaving Duffel Medium base camp headed for Camp 2 she hopes to be making a Winter Park summit assault with her boyfriend Ben Webster in three days time but while she’s been away from him Ben’s body is weakened and believe he can summit anymore my first priority and I don’t have a problem saying it is to get Shana the best possible opportunity in shot that’ll be a defining thing in her life I absolutely will go high but I am worried.

About where I’m going to be when I do go high he mostly mentally and physically when Shana gets to camp 2 Ben will break the news he’s not going to go for the summit with her I’m gonna go up to the call I gave a personal commitment to Shana that I would see her off so I’ll climb with her up to camp 4 at which point I’ll sit with a safety Sherpa and several balls of oxygen in case there’s a problem high on the mountain at which point then I’ll be forced to climb with the Sherpa since they summited two days ago Andrew.

And Hector have been reluctant to celebrate walking safely into Duffel Large base camp Hector is ready for a party when I reach there something I never feel that kind of relief or even my excitement that I feel when I’m gone VI school definitely until you’re not like here at this camp you don’t feel like ah that relief and then that excitement of having summit and all of that tonight the Sherpas are partying in the.

Kitchen tent this beer fuel bash is their toast to a job well done the singing dancing and drinking goes on strong well into the night today is May 20th after being away from.

His wife Amy for over two months we’ll cross is about to reunite with her he’s descending down to the last section of the Icefall with so many stories to tell he know where to start during his expedition to Camp Trek mount everest we’ll cross missed seeing his infant son max take his first steps and Amy cross and mr. husband you’re awesome so much thank you for coming that down to me oh you’ve got to be so tired care of you she look great can I take your pack for you had to get my spikes often heat some food and takes my school run it for you okay everything to do with diabetes was fine I mean that was not the problem plenty guys up there who didn’t get far as we did and who are just tired as we are who don’t have diabetes so I think in terms of that it was fine I think the thing to do now is to go back to the drawing board and go figure out what we can do differently and give her another crack amount of time days turn into and nights in two days while Shana waits at Camp 2 for the weather to improve enough that you can go for the summit at this point I’ll we’re hearing from the weather reports.

Is that the winds are high and that the humidity is high it’s not looking good but I think that I’ll get my chance anyway to attempt the summit on May 23rd her chance finally arrives in the last six days several climbers have died high in the Mount still John and Ben will climb for cam3 today and camp for tomorrow from there Shana will head for the summit without him mom’s gonna be a great day climbing today been waiting a long time for this go time for everybody all right Shana is still suffering from the debilitating effects of the kubu cough whenever I caught your cramps in my tummy and food will often surface which is not very fun but I’ll part of the game her lame at this stage in the game that feels even weaker than Shana all right buddy let’s go do that’s it last week Ben achieved his professional goal for this expedition and when he got a series of cameras to the summit of Highest Mountain mount everest now he’s climbing to achieve a personal goal he wants to get his girlfriend Shana burden to the top of the world then heads up the mountain it’s the first bit of real climbing he’s done in over two weeks he’d rather go.

Home but he’s made a commitment to Shana but he is determined to honor how many marriages or how many relationships are layered with maths that we hold on to and you really never get to know who that person is that’s sleeping beside you in this case those mats will be dropped down and it will be raw and it will be real and it either brings you together because you’re happy with what you see in each other or it in shatters it I think we’ll learn a lot about each other about our relationship and if everything all goes well I think it’ll bring us that much dan has been at 6,500 meters altitude.

For the last two weeks coordinating the expedition from that high for that long has robbed him of his strength halfway up the Lutz efface just two hours into his climb Ben is slowing down stalling fading he can’t take it anymore he has to stop I’m struggling feels like I’m gonna vomit most of the time she’s never fine just really suffering I’m really suffering today Ben and Shana are supposed get to camp 3 today at this rate they’ll never make it all right here’s the situation Ben knows.

He only has one choice give me one minute then he’s going to turn back I honestly believed that I could get to camp three get on oxygen you get to the call tomorrow to support Shauna and her big I had no idea that was this toast oh I’m absolutely fry I’m having a terrible climate an absolutely awful effort today I never felt like this I got nothing I almost feel hollow in my body we are not the left lesson nothing all right guys that’s it I’m sorry baby know I love you too you’re gonna do this over the radio and ruin the team I got a letch on ago under on which is.

Her renting for me but be accepting the fact that I didn’t do what I set out to do anyway I’ll talk to you on the radio and I’m sorry left Ben feel like he’s abandoning his climb he feels like he’s abandoning Shawna I’ll miss him tremendously i’ma climb up to be strong you do gotta be strong baby.

It’s your time it’s not my time it’s your time all right he’s aye strong for baldness it’s your time now Ben comes down the mountain Seana go strongly up the.

Mountain arriving here means that after more than a year of preparing training and waiting Shawna is finally in place for her Disney World mount everest summit assault boyfriend came here to count this is Shauna’s last gasp climbing.

Season closes in six days her summit must come now or never it’s May 24th as Ben arrives dejectedly back at Duffel Xs base camp Shauna is slogging her way up to Camp 4 with every step Shauna takes she climbs higher than she’s ever been in her life a great new challenge not an easy climb the oxygen helps a lot even though Shona is doing fine without him Ben feels guilty for leaving her on the mountain by powder for 20 minutes accepted the fact that I failed and that will leave scar tissue and I’ll have time to deal with it the ball of whisky three or six months from now someone from the team has to be at Camp two in case something goes wrong I’m hi Hector bullet tears to go Seana arrives at camp four and discovers it’s still an active village nice to see there’s other teams up here we’re not alone Shana was told the weather up here.

Tonight would be good apparently no one told that to Mia like segment the god of Mountain Range mount everest it’s minus 30 degrees Celsius the wind is almost gale force and it’s getting worse even so Shana must be ready to leave at 10 p.m. that means oxygen hot drinks and ten hours of rest base camp to South call over from the.

Base camp communications 10 then speaks with Shana at Camp four and Hector at it’s an hour before Shauna is supposed to leave for the summit but the weather is too grim for climbing hi Hector I hear you got bad weather.

There unless there’s some radical change up there Hector in the next minute or two we’re going to shut it down for tonight I’m going to see if there’s a if they’ll stay at the call one day and then I’m going have to do some serious hustling to get enough gas to support it tomorrow over to survive her extra day at camp for Shauna and the Sherpas have to breathe Altitude Sickness bottled oxygen but unbelievably they woke this morning to find their oxygen supply has been stolen Ben is working with Keeley to solve the problem would.

You say like no don’t go first thing is tum that we’re gonna saying gal Jun down okay yeah then we got to start that we need them to look for half bottles to get through today okay does that’ll give them on the summit push if only NATO dinner ooh and Shawna go up all we need is seven bottles yeah and tell them that you’re gonna that he needs talk to the Sherpas for a margin of safety then tries to get more oxygen delivered to one of the most obscure locations on earth I know it’s tough but this is you just gotta roll with this and believe in your heart of hearts that you’re gonna get your shot that the weather will come good late tonight and you’ll get your the Sherpas sift through used oxygen.

Bottles that have been left behind is litter setting aside any that still contained gas they’ll use this pile today while they rest and tonight they take the remaining full bottles to the Sun if the wind dies down at Mount Camp Trek everest base camp man listens.

In as Shana tells Hector her summit push is being postponed again.

cat four this is base camp over I’m.

Sorry to hear about the situation Sean I just heard from guy Cotter and his people were saying the same thing that it’s high winds still up there in the morning band suspects that his girlfriend won’t be making it to the summit of Mount Everest but Shauna is still clinging to her dream if I knew the wins.

Give it a shot my concern is the fact that you’ve now.

Been up there for two nights at a fest I start to worry that you know some bad can happen Ben then talks to Shauna’s lead Sherpa narrow I need an honest assessment now that you guys are up and moving did you Jack the oxygen level up a little bit over and how are the Sherpas feeling now okay I understand what you’re doing I’m asking you how you’re feeling then talks to Nehru and as he does camphor is being torn down around Shauna determined she stays in her tent hoping for good news it come Shauna yeah I’m sorry to tell you I wanna go down okay.

Wherever it is meant to net here yeah and I have told you just whatever frankly yeah but the Mountain Home previous night will be our last try if we could not be able to make Lennox Describe previous night we could down I hope you remember yeah oh to go yeah because you know when we all stay whoa good team spirit yeah we have you been already spent two nights or five yeah and the one who is split yeah feel very bad you know feel very bad and even for the Sherpa who are going down yeah the tears comes thinking about the Sherpas staying here yeah so I’m sorry Shanna no problem yeah I hope you don’t mind yeah let’s can understand us so what I think is it’s better our life is most more important it’s better we said forget down okay and today foot if you call if you can we get down to best can yeah we try okay done – Jenna I’m sorry I don’t want to put anybody in danger so that’s how you feel yeah I know it makes you a little sad but I’m very sorry the decision is made for going down Shawna feels angry if you could have gone for the summit in the first window of opportunity maybe she would have made it.

The way it played out she never had a well I have no idea what to say.

Shauna please be careful on the way down.

And let us know when you’re leaving the call we’re on standby and I’m just very sorry over right now Shauna is 800 vertical meters from the summit of Everest but she’s closer to her home in Ottawa than she is to the pinnacle of mountaineering it’s hard on everyone yeah I copy Shana I copy over.

Everest it’s more than just mountain.

It’s a massive philosophical question why on earth do people risk life and limb to get here some climbers come for ego some comfort beauty and some come so they can squeeze every last drop out of this mountain knows the world’s greatest and the saddest heartbreak they say that ultimately Mount Everest is climbed for one reason because it’s their climbers may come and climbers make all but Mount Everest will always be there when this mountain ends life goes on so what people do when they’re done climbing Everest.

When this group of climbers arrived at.

Mount Best Time everest base camp 50 days ago then said the expedition would be a success of everyone walked out alive it’s been a much bigger success than that Andrew and Hector both made it to the summit then produce television footage on parts of the mountain that have never been filmed before and for one divine moment Shana was the highest woman on the North America tallest mountain in the world these four people may never be together again but they will always be team discovery conquers rock Mount Everest