Attempt to balloon over Mount Everest
- Title
- Attempt to balloon over Mount Everest
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:01:27
- Description
- Veteran mountaineer Chris Bonington and Britain’s top balloonist Per Lindstrand are to make a world recordbreaking attempt to fly a hot air balloon over the peak of Mount Everest. The pair discuss the challenges they will face, and the risks involved. Suzy Walton reports.
- Contributors
- Chris Bonington; Per Lindstrand; Suzy Walton
- Keywords
- Record attempts; Mount Everest; Balloons; Mountaineering
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LBC/IRN, "Attempt to balloon over Mount Everest". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0001200366020 (Accessed 30 Apr 2025)