| **News and Events: Fri., 12/10 - Dr. Charles Houston Interview on KCTS |
|
|
|
|
|
| Thu, December 9, 2004 10:30 AM |
|
The Mountaineers just received notice about an interesting TV program coming up tomorrow. If you have even the smallest interest in mountaineering or high-altitude pursuits, this is a must-see interview.
~ Webmaster
NOW with Bill Moyers
Airdate: Friday, December 10, at 9 p.m. on KCTS
One of America's pioneering mountaineers, a long-time physician and
naval flight surgeon, Charlie Houston's hunch about high-altitude flying
gave America's pilots an edge and helped defeat the armies of Hitler
and the warlords of Japan. He made history scaling some of the world's
most towering mountains, became one of the world's foremost authorities on high altitude medicine, and helped developed a prototype for the artificial heart.
On this Friday's episode of NOW, Bill Moyers goes back to the mountains with Charlie Houston, whose quiet life of achievement has made the world a better place for countless strangers. Houston's telling of an early, harrowing attempt to scale the world's second highest mountain, K-2 in the Himalayas, illustrated with rare film footage, resonates as a poignant metaphor for his approach to life. "Whatever you can do or think, you can begin it, boldness has power and magic and genius in it," he tells Moyers. "We were doing something that's beyond our reach, and trying to do something bigger than ourselves."
|
|
|
|
|
|
