Wyoming Chronicle

Everest 50th Reunion

Season 5 Episode 501 | 27m  | Video has closed captioning.

Fifty years ago, their quest: was to become the first Americans to climb Mt. Everest. We open our new season and will meet some of the surviving members of that expedition including Jim Whittaker, the first American to reach the top, and interview Wyoming author Brot Coburn, author of The Vast Unknown: America's First Ascent of Everest

Aired: 10/03/13

Rating: NR

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