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>> what about, too, this point -- so the issue with the sherpas, i would love your perspective on this conrad anchor that you quoted in your piece last week. three-time everest summiteer. he described it to you, bloated dysfunctional bureaucracy. he said that less than 1% of the $3 million in permit fees collected each year go back to the mountain. is that true? >> i think conrad knows what hes talking about. he spent a lot of time in the himalayas. hes running the kimbut climbing school, which ...

13-point, you know, manifesto and plan. do you think that the strike will happen now? >> i think were going to see that choice made by individual sherpas. i dont think theres a lot of pressure for people to leave, nor is there a lot of pressure for people to stay at base camp. some of these sherpas, they want to work. its not as if theyre dragooned onto the mountain. typically sherpa makes about $5,000 or $6,000 in two months. its very dangerous work. its very difficult work. although the averag...

The search for those missing in fridays deadly avalanche on mt. everest has been suspended for the day. at least 13 people killed when pilings ice and snow came crushing down on the group. three of them are still missing. the incident is is being called the deadliest day in the history of the worlds tallest peak. nbcs duncan golostani has the latest from london. >> reporter: a helicopter carries the latest body recovered. at base camp, climbers cape out to pay their respect as it was slowly lowe...

Out-sourcing the risk to the sherpas who are climbing, who are doing not only the heavy lifting but also exposing themselves to more time in harms way, to sort of rule out hazards that the mountain can throw at you. >> and why is that region, the ice fall region, is that particularly dangerous? >> well, you know, the ice fall is sort of the glacier that flows from camp one, at the base camp. and has these sheets of ice that are teetering every day. and both inside, and above it, raining down ont...

Ready for the spring climbing season which is the busiest of the year. more than 300 foreign climbers have been given permission to climb everest with about 400 sherpas helping them. it is a dangerous job to say the least. and last year, he wrote a disturbing piece called "the disposing man," a book on sherpas. so the idea of them being disposable, what do you mean by that? >> well, i think what i was writing about and really what it comes down to is this sort of routinization of sherpa death on...

>> so far theyve flown down over 13 bodies, both in body bags and just handling them off down the line to a helicopter. base camp is kind of scrambling and all the teams are pitching in and trying to help get the bodies off the mountain and get attention and medical treatment to those that they got off there. >> everest is disputed as to whether it really is the worlds most deadliest mountain. there are other peaks around the world where we hear of many other accidents amongst climbers. the sher...

Of a split. they have to decide because the window for climbing is narrow. they dont have much longer, perhaps until the end of may, alex. >> right. okay. thank you, duncan. a bit earlier today, i spoke with the expert mountaineer and author of "the mountain, my time on everest," and heres what he said about the notoriously dangerous area. >> its between base camp and camp one and its an area of the khumbu glacier as its sliding down the mountain at about three feet per day. its starting to br...

Season. >> yeah. look, youve climbed this mountain seven times. youve got to have some harrowing stories as well. can you recall one of the most difficult times for you on mt. everest? >> yeah. for me it was in 1996. we were there making an imax film and thats the tragic season where eight people died high on the mountain, and two of them were my close friends leading other expe dish shuns. >> rob hall and scott fisher. >> rob hall and scott fisher. we got involved with the rescue. i know what t...

The worlds tallest peak. joining me now is someone who knows that peak all too well. ed biesters. he wrote "the mountain, my time on everest." thank you for being here. we appreciate your time. i know youve sum meted this mountain seven times. talk about this mountain, the popcorn field where it happened. >> its directly above base camp and between base camp and camp one. its the area of the glacier as its sliding down the mountain at three feet per day. its starting to break up and cause a jumb...

Morning, right during everest rush hour, and you had reports of as high as 50 people in the way of this thing. >> and when something like that happens on everest, do other sherpas, do other climbers then go to try to search for those who are still missing? >> yeah, you know, i mean in the buddha tradition, it is very important to have a the loved ones have a speedy reincarnation. people are waking up at base camp as we speak. and the first thing on their mind is to find the missing four sherpa c...