Parley Baer and Ben Wright star in the second performance of this Antony Ellis script about a dangerous climb up one of the world’s tallest peaks. The story begins with the team of six tired and half-frozen climbers at the 24,000 foot level. The peak is hidden in mist, and towers almost a mile above them. As they climb to the peak, there is a scream and a terrifying tug of the rope as one of the climbers plunges over the edge of a crevasse. That incident is all the more concerning as one climber has lost total trust in the other.
The script was previously used on 1953-03-16 and starred John Hodiak. For details about that broadcast and how Ellis’ script relates to climbs of Mount Everest at that time, go to
https://suspenseproject.blogspot.com/2024/09/1953-03-16-mountain.html
https://archive.org/details/TSP530316 which has recordings that can be downloaded or streamed.
The script was originally planned for broadcast on October 25. 1955. It was held for another week, and was broadcast live.
John Hodiak passed away two weeks before this 1955 broadcast at age 41. It is not known if that played into the decision to schedule this second broadcast at this particular time.
The surviving recording is of low quality with narrow range. It is hoped that an Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) transcription might be found to replace it sometime in the future.
LISTEN
TO THE PROGRAM or download in FLAC or
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https://archive.org/details/TSP551101
THE CAST
Parley Baer (Bob Foster), Ben Wright (John Eldridge), Jim Nusser (Thomas), Herb Ellis (Harry Feldman), Vic Perrin (Perrucci), Bill James (Gaines), Larry Thor (Narrator)
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