{"id":6964,"date":"2012-05-24T11:15:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T11:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2021-01-17T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T13:13:31","slug":"first-live-broadcast-from-everest-summit-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/first-live-broadcast-from-everest-summit-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"First live broadcast from Everest summit planned"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Everest (Photo: Mudkipz_KGM)<\/p><\/div>BBC Breakfast is planning to show the first live broadcast from the summit of Everest on Friday 25 May. Kenton Cool, accompanied by cameraman, Keith Partridge, hopes to be on the summit as part of his quest to complete the Olympic Games Pledge.<\/p>\n

The original pledge was made 88 years ago by mountaineer Lt Col Strutt. He and his fellow team received 21 gold medals in 1924 for famously attempting to climb Mount Everest, and he pledged that he would take one of the gold medals back to the summit. The pledge was never fulfilled and this year Kenton Cool, sponsored by Samsung, will be trying to honour that pledge. <\/p>\n

Despite tragedy striking Everest climbers this week, Kenton and his team, have reached Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face at 7470m and hope to be on track to make the summit and the breakfast broadcast this Friday. You can follow the progress of the team at Pledge website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBC Breakfast is planning to show the first live broadcast from the summit of Everest on Friday 25 May. Kenton Cool, accompanied by cameraman, Keith Partridge, hopes to be on the summit as part of his quest to complete the Olympic Games Pledge. The original pledge was made 88 years ago by mountaineer Lt Col Strutt. He and his fellow team received 21 gold medals in 1924 for famously attempting to climb Mount Everest, and he pledged that he would take one of the gold medals back to the summit. The pledge was never fulfilled and this year Kenton Cool,…<\/span> <\/p>\n

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