The Crowning of Everest - Episode 4 - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

The world is waiting for news of success from the British expedition on Mount Everest.

James Morris, later to become Jan Morris, is a reporter from The Times newspaper embedded with the team on the mountain. When news arrives that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay have reached the summit, he must find a way to get the news to London without it leaking to other journalists waiting in Kathmandu.

Morris delivers the news via a secret code.

As the climbing team make their way down the mountain crowds gather to greet the heroes.

Presenter: Wade Davis
Series producer: Louise Clarke-Rowbotham
Sound design: Richard Hannaford Editor: Tara McDermott
Production co-ordinators: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross

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