With exclusive access to an elite team of high altitude helicopter pilots, this dramatic series follows the men and women who risk everything to rescue the sick and injured from some of the most dangerous terrain in the world.
EPISODE 1
The Death Zone
For pilot Jason, rescuing stranded climbers with no coordinates, dense clouds, and limited fuel, is a daunting task; an equipment delivery becomes an emergency, when Siddartha and Andy discover a young mother has just given birth and is bleeding out.
EPISODE 2
Top of the World
With an injured climber stuck in the death zone, veteran pilot Jason preps his helicopter for the world's highest landing spot; rookie pilot Ryan searches for nine climbers stranded in a remote corner of the Himalayas.
EPISODE 3
Flying Blind
Monsoon season brings new dangers; Ryan battles the elements while racing back to Lukla with sick climbers; Andy is plunged into a deadly blackout while flying to rescue a climber with a life threatening head-injury.
EPISODE 4
Summit Fever
Ryan confronts an uninvited climber trying to hitch a ride at 17,500 feet; Jason attempts his highest ever rescue; Lorenz learns some grim realities of flying in the Himalayas.
EPISODE 5
Life on the Line
Jason and Siddartha attempt a mission to prevent deaths along the treacherous Ice Fall, the most danger mile on Earth; Ryan battles violent wind to rescue a climber from base camp; Lorenz has just minutes to save a local man with a head injury.
EPISODE 6
Do or Die
Ryan struggles to locate a woman suffering from severe abdominal pains; Jason struggles to reach a collapsed climber in the Death Zone.
Ryan Skorecki
David Harrison
Liz Brach
Christo Doyle
