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Disaster on Everest

Part of The Big Stories: 2015. BBC reporter Tom Martienssen returns to Nepal to find the men who were with him on Everest when April's devastating earthquake struck.

Part of The Big Stories: 2015. BBC reporter Tom Martienssen was half way up Mount Everest when an earthquake made the mountain shake. Tom and a team of British Army Gurkhas were trapped after a wall of rock and ice came crashing down around them. Their footage tells the story of an extraordinary rescue and of the people who lost their lives on Everest. After a second devastating quake, Tom returns to Nepal to find the men who were with him on the mountain and to discover how the country is coping amid continuing aftershocks.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Dec 201502:30GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterTom Martienssen
ProducerJohn O'Kane
Executive ProducerAndrew Head
EditorCeri Thomas

Broadcasts

  • Sat 4 Jul 201509:30GMT
  • Sat 4 Jul 201521:30GMT
  • Sun 5 Jul 201502:30GMT
  • Sun 5 Jul 201515:30GMT
  • Boxing Day 201502:30GMT
  • Boxing Day 201508:30GMT
  • Sun 27 Dec 201514:30GMT
  • Sun 27 Dec 201521:30GMT
  • Mon 28 Dec 201502:30GMT

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