The Fifth Estate

The Fifth Estate - Season 38 Episode 1 Into The Death Zone

Where the story doesn't end with the headline 2025-03-21 60 minutes.
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Season - Episode

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36 Season 36 Sep 24, 2010
35 Season 35 Sep 25, 2009
34 Season 34 Oct 01, 2008
25 Season 25 Dec 01, 1999
3 Season 3 Dec 21, 1976
1 Season 1 Jan 02, 1976

Overview

It was May 19, 2012 and a young and determined Canadian was proudly standing on top of the world after an agonizingly slow climb up Mount Everest. Shriya Shah-Klorfine had reached the summit. But in the hours that followed, things would go dreadfully wrong and she would perish, like hundreds before her, high up in Everest's "Death Zone." Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's first ascent of Everest almost 60 years ago, it has been an irresistible fascination for aspiring mountaineers. Hundreds make the attempt every year, and many don't make it. This year was no exception as hundreds made their way to the summit even as worrying signs pointed to trouble. Among them was Shriya Shah-Klorfine, the cheerful and energetic Torontonian. She had never climbed a mountain before, and despite warnings from her friends, husband, and seasoned Everest sherpas, she was climbing the world's highest peak, determined to succeed.

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