To mark Friday’s death of 88-year-old Sir Edmund Hillary -- the New Zealand beekeeper who with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first reached the top of Mount Everest in 1953 -- National Geographic Channel has added an encore airing of “Surviving Everest” tomorrow night (Saturday, Jan. 12) at 10 p.m.
The one-hour special returns to the peak with the first summiters’ sons, Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay, in the National Geographic 50th Anniversary Everest Expedition.
“Surviving Everest” also revisits 50 years of tragedy and triumph in Everest-scaling, explores the legendary role of the Sherpa people, and examines the mountain climbers’ impact on the Khumbu region.