AN Antiques Roadshow guest was stunned to discover the dark truth behind his mountaineer kit from Mount Everest. The man and his family were speechless as they appeared on Sunday night's instalment of the popular BBC One programme to try and find out the value of their ancestor's tools.
Antiques expert Fuschia Voremberg was given the task of valuing the rare mountaineering kit, used by climber Theodore Howard Somervell.
The mountaineer was a member of two expeditions that scaled Everest in the 1920s alongside a band of other notable climbers.
The kit, which included pickaxes, goggles, hammers and snow grips for shoes, had been preserved by Thomas' grandson and great-grandson.
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