Doctor on Everest

Centring on the disastrous 1996 Everest expeditions, this is a first-hand account of how emergency medicine is performed and lives saved or lost under the most perilous conditions.

During the multiple attempts on the summit in May 1996, conditions rapidly deteriorated and a desperate medical situation suddenly emerged.

Nothing could have prepared Dr Kamler for what he faced, including the treatment of climber Beck Weathers, who miraculously stumbled into camp from the clutches of death.

Kamler recalls the effects of fear, stress and adrenaline on the entire group.