A TV first from the summit of Snowdon SouthAfrica &Thailand.Byline: ERYL CRUMP WELSH television producers are aiming to reach new heights by broadcasting from the summit of Wales' highest mountain. To mark the 50th anniversary of the ascent of Everest,Llanelli-based production company Tinopolis is planning to beam Wedi 7 live from the top of Snowdon on May 29 Owain Pennar,S4C S4C skate for cancer S4C Siannel Pedwar Cymru (Channel 4 Wales, Television) spokesman, said programmes have been prepared on the summit of Snowdon before but these were all pre-recorded. He said: ``The latest technology - a combination of satellite and microwave equipment - will enable presenter Angharad Mair and the Wedi 7 team to broadcast 3,560 feet above sea level from Wales' most famous mountain.`` Angharad said: ``It's always exciting to be part of any first-timeevent. ``There'll be an edge of nerves too as everyone tries to ensure the communication lines and satellites are all working properly at 7pm. ``Hopefully the wind and the rain will stay away too!'' The programme is broadcast at 7pm. Despite Everest being more than eight times the height of Snowdon the mountain played a big part in the 1953 ascent. For six months between 1952 and 1953, the team - led by North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales and to the east by England. surgeon Charles Evans For other persons named Charles Evans, see Charles Evans (disambiguation). Sir Robert Charles Evans M.D., DSc, (19 October 1918 - 5 December 1995), was a mountaineer, surgeon, and educator. Born in Liverpool, he was raised in Wales and became a fluent Welsh speaker. - trained for their epic journey to the top of the world and met, socialised and planned for the adventure at a local hotel. Next month the remaining members will congregate at the Pen y Gwryd Hotel once again for a reunion,just as they have done regularly since the famous ascent. Everest has other Welsh connections too. It was named after Crickhowell-born surveyor, George Everest and the mountain's Western Cwm Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm (cwm, pronounced coom, is Welsh for "valley") is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face, traversed by climbers of Everest using the southwest route. is named after the valleys of Snowdonia. Sandy Irvine, who attempted the 1922 ascent with George Mallory was from Cynwyd near Bala - his body is still on the mountain. Eric Jones
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