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24 results found for '"Mountaineers"' in Keywords.
Climbers go missing on Everest expedition (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview about an ill-fated expedition to climb Mount Everest led by Chris Bonington, following the disappearance of climbers Joe Tasker and Peter Boardman. Male speaker and interviewer not identified.
Adrian Crane on Himalayas run (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Adrian Crane on running across the Himalayas with his brother. Male interviewer not identified.
Climbers on unsuccessful Everest attempt (1985)
- Genre
- Interview
Members from a team of British mountaineers (including Mal Duff, Julie Tullis, John Tinker, David Bicknell, Chris Watts, Andy Greig, Terry Dailey), talk about their failed attempt to climb the North-East...
Chris Bonington on Everest expedition (1988)
- Genre
- Interview
Mountaineer Chris Bonington on the daunting climb facing a British expedition led by Paul Moores attempting an unconquered route up Mount Everest’s North East ridge to the summit. And on the change of...
Rebecca Stephens first British woman to climb Everest (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Part of interview from base camp, with Rebecca Stephens, who has become the first British woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Stephens gives her reaction to the achievement. Interviewer not heard.
British woman scales Everest (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Part of interview with Rebecca Stephens, who has become the first British woman to climb Mount Everest on her plans to continue climbing but not on Everest again. Interviewer not heard.
Hillary and Hunt on Everest (1993)
- Genre
- Interview
Angela Rippon interviews Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Lord John Hunt from the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London for LBC Drivetime following journalist Rebecca Stephens...
First Everest conquest remembered (1993)
- Genre
- Press conference
Three linked clips. At the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, London Sir Edmund Hillary and Lord John Hunt give a press conference as the first successful British trip to the summit of Mount Everest...
Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Chris Kirkham reports that it seems increasingly likely that Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest alone and without oxygen has died in an avalanche on the world’s second highest...
Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)
- Genre
- Interview
Interviews with Cally Fleming, a family friend, and husband Jim Ballard, about the death of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves in an avalanche during an attempt on the world’s second highest mountain, K2 in...