Kevin McCloud spends time with a family who have escaped the rat race and are now living in Tonga.

THE Irish Mount Everest expedition team had a miraculous escape when a helicopter crashed on the mountain yesterday, killing one crewman and three climbers on the ground.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of his historic conquest of Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary complained that legions of modern-day climbers were holding drunken parties at base camp and then scrambling to the summit on fixed ropes and ladders.