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Precautions were carried out. the problem is there are more climbers going up with some companies who are cutting corners to cut down cost, not carrying out duty of care, and thats one of the underlying reasons, perhaps, why we have had so many deaths this hiking season. plus, theres the number of permits nepal has issued. the government is saying that is not a factor.e eed allegation. at the same time, there is a debate going on as to whether or not more regulations should be put into place. it...

Standing still you think, i can move around, you take a few steps and your head starts spinning. so you have to be really careful about where youre going, what youre doing, your fingers start to tingle very quickly because thats the body trying to conserve what oxygen it can, trying to conserve getting that blood flowing just to whats critical, critical organs in your body and then one of the experts who was with us was telling us that your toes can also go numb, peoples noses can go numb. we ha...

Breath only has a third of the oxygen you can get at sea level. you cannot spend much time there and live. one mountain ear called the climb -- >> we are not even capable of doing t they do t they try to summit and in the state of summiting they kill themselves. >> our arwa damon joins us now from nepal. arwa, i was watching your reporting earlier today heading up to the base camp there and you can even hear it in your breath just that far how limited the oxygen is, its remarkable. what can you ...

Tanks up there with them, maybe they werent listening to their body when it was telling them i cant handle this, because most of the fatalities happen after the individual has already supplemented. theyve made it to the very top. its on the way down where they end up succumbing to altitude sickness. people have been criticizing the nepalese government for the number of permits issued. we just spoke to an official from the tourism ministry who told us that they only issued nine more permits this ...

>> i think coming to base camp, you see how crowded it was first. the weather this year was the most bizarre weather i experienced since 2004. ive been coming here since 2004 every single year, and this was really strange weather that we experienced. >> and you ultimately decided not to go all the way to the summit with your climber. why did you take that position and how worried were you about this overcrowding phenomenon? >> you could see there were hundreds of people going that night, and she...

Overcrowding, quote, could prove fatal. one experienced mount near who made the call to turn his group back from the summit said he noticed that when he arrived to base camp. >> coming to base camp, you see how crowded it was first, and i think the weather this year was the most bizarre weather i experienced since 2004. been coming here since 2004. every year, and this was really strange weather that we experienced. >> on the phone with me now is veteran climber david morton who is currently at ...

I wouldnt get -- i would say see you soon. >> he can wait at base camp and make tea. >> meet her at the helicopter, joe. >> be standing there smoking a cigar. >> back to politics. >> ill have big macs shipped in to the top of kilimanjaro. >> no. >> over the weekend, a member of congress became the first member of his party to call for impeaching president trump. congressman justin amash writing attorney general barr has deliberately misrepresented muell muellers report. 2, president trump has en...

>> you look like youre on vacation. >> shes hanging on a rope and im in this beautiful base camp and ive got a heater i can go back to in a minute. >> reporter: both an inspiration to us all and both about to set out on their missions. emily, were rooting for you, adrian, you, as well. >> be safe. >> reporter: yes, be safe. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> good luck, emily. i love you! >> incredible. adrian on everest, emily free-climbing el capitan. and to think, we were just going to go ...

Sheer, heavily exposed cliff. >> im pretty scared right now. pretty nervous, anxious, i really want to get to the top of the mountain. >> reporter: attached to ropes she wont be using as aid, but will catch her if she falls. now on the eve of her challenge, we brought the two of them together on live television today. adrian, whats your advice for her? the big challenge comes tomorrow. what would you say? >> yeah, its so wild to be talking to you, em, and right now what youre doing is so much mo...

>> yeah, no, uh, your son -- >> is she with you? can i talk to them? i want to know if theyre okay. >> reporter: mr. so didnt say. meanwhile, fbi agents in the philippines were working sources on the ground. word was that gerfa and kevin had been taken to one of abu sayyafs strongholds -- basilan, a large island about four hours by boat from where theyd been kidnapped. to a base camp deep in what was nearly impenetrable jungle. >> we travelled to basilan to talk with the politicians there, who m...