Spencer Matthews looks for brother's body on Everest

Former Made successful Chelsea prima Spencer Matthews has been searching for his older brother's assemblage connected Mount Everest.

In 1999, Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to scope the mountain's acme astatine the property of 22.

However hours aboriginal helium vanished, ne'er to beryllium seen again.

More than 2 decades on, Spencer is retracing Michael's last steps successful an effort to find his body, signaling the acquisition successful a caller documentary titled "Finding Michael".

Michael disappeared 8,000 metres supra oversea level successful an country known arsenic the "Death Zone" - an altitude wherever oxygen levels are insufficient to prolong quality life.

Michael was "everything to me" says Spencer, who conscionable 10 years aged erstwhile his older sibling went missing.

Creating the documentary allowed the erstwhile world prima to observe footage of his member helium didn't adjacent cognize existed.

Spencer reveals an "incredible" video of his brother's 1999 expedition was "brought to the table" by Dave Rodney, a Canadian climber who had been with Michael connected the trip.

Mr Rodney has described Michael arsenic the "best mate I could ever person hoped for connected the mountain" and said that helium was humbled and honoured to beryllium successful the film.

The Disney+ documentary sees adventurer Bear Grylls and mountaineer Nirmal Purja besides instrumentality portion successful the betterment effort.

TV presenter and enforcement shaper Grylls met Michael a fewer months earlier helium acceptable disconnected to ascent Everest.

Grylls himself climbed Everest successful 1998 astatine the property of 23.

"There was decidedly a gathering of minds and tone with a chap young feline who wanted to basal connected apical of the world," said Grylls.

"Obviously past erstwhile the catastrophe happened and Michael ne'er came location it was a devastating stroke for everyone."

He added: "Twenty years connected to ticker Spencer present arsenic a man, arsenic a father, arsenic a hubby wanting to effort and retrieve his assemblage and archer Michael's communicative was a privilege to beryllium a tiny portion of."

Spencer referred to the absorption he' received truthful acold arsenic "incredibly humbling" and helium hopes the documentary helps radical and moves them.