[B][SIZE=4]The Most Dangerous Reality Show
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Has anyone else here tuned into [B]Everest Beyond the Limit [/B]on the Discovery Channel? I watched this show in its first season and have to say that it easily the reality show with the highest stakes - [I]pun intended![/I]
There is no other series on television where you are forced by the unfolding of events to have a continual knot in your stomach because you think that your favorite cast member could, [I][B]DIE![/B][/I]
Climbing to those altitudes is just plain dangerous and once in the death zone above 26,000 feet anything can happen, and always does. People die every year like clockwork and that tension is brought to life with the great narration and camera work by the discovery channel, Russel Brice and his Sherpas.
This show has taken away any desire I might have had to climb Everest and I think I'll just stick to the 1 mile tall Mt Katahdin in my backyard (in the summer) rather then the 5 +mile tall Everest. I'd really like to keep all my fingers in tact and prefer that my brain not cook itself at altitude!
Here is a bit of dialog from the summit attempt last season which still sends chills down my spine. When you are in the death zone you can only save yourself:
[QUOTE][B]Russell: [/B](when Max stops to help a dying man) Yeah, Max, you can try giving him your oxygen but you know, uh, it's not going to get him down the hill. I can see where you are, so it's up to you. You can try and give him oxygen and uh, you can revive him, but what are we going to do with him after that?
(later)
[B]Max:[/B] (in tears) Okay, he's stopped shivering now. I'm just going to put his limiter back on and leave it the way it was.[/QUOTE]
[B]Cast: [/B]Russell Brice, Mogens Jensen, Tim Medvetz
