Adrian and Richard Crane have spent a 100 days running 2.500 miles at 12.000 feet over the Himalayas. They wanted totesttheirendurance and experience the lifestyle of some of the poorest peoples in the world: and see the extent to which Intermediate Technology, a British charity, is able to help communities improve their conditions by utilising local skills and resources.
In the first of two programmes. Margaret Percy reports on this mountain marathon and describes some of the proiects bringing electricity to the Himalayan peoples. Producer
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