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This season. robin fischer was part of stewarts initial group summited two days after him. fischer posted concerns about the congestion on instagram writing delays caused by overcrowding could prove fatal. nepal is facing pressure after one of the deadliest seasons on record and is considering new requirements for a mount everest permit. right now despite a price tag of around $11,000 there is no proof of climbing experience required. all of the climbers we have been speaking to over the last fe...

Of nepals tourism department who was denying this notion that the country issued too many permits and thats why the overcrowding phenomenon occurred. he said it was because of the weather. there were only a few viable summit days, but he did say that nepal is considering adding a requirement when one applies for a permit to summit everest. that they are going to need to prove a certain level of experience. right now, you can have zero climbing experience and still end up on the mountain. >> arwa...

Breaths. just think about the deprivation. why on a way down? several factors. you have altitude sickness. like i said the cells start to change, youre not supposed to be there, sickness from prolonged exposure. bad whether, small window to make it back down. all these things in life, the metaphor, scared money never wins, youve got to get to the top. coming back down sometimes youre stuck. youre coming through a single route in nepal. inexperienced climbers holding up the lines, the nepal gover...

Inexperienced climbers holding up the lines. the permitting process is coming under scrutiny. the government is specifically getting scrutiny because they failed to provide proof of climbing experience for those that they issue permits to. now one more title this all raises for us. what fuels our needs to test the limits. what is the real test? lets get into that with d. lemon next. now that we got the facts and situation under control. e? i assembled it myself last night. i think i did an ok jo...

Person died after climbing mount everest. >> the deaths come amid concerns its the overcrowding on the worlds tallest mountain, clearly its created very dangerous traffic jams near the peak. 381 permits were issued this year. thats only about 9 more than were issued last year, though. one interesting note, at this point nepal does not require proof of any climbing experience to apply for a permit to attempt this. joining us now is host of the show survivor man, thank you, les for being here. i w...

Rose to 11 on monday. tourism officials said an attorney from colorado has died while descending from the worlds talls peak. officials blaming overcrowding, poor weather and lack of climbing experience for the 11 deaths, including half a dozen in the last week. a record number of climbers from supplemented everest in april and may, the peak climbing months, with the larger crowds groups of climbers have been stuck in lines up to the summit in so-called death zones, an area above 26,000 feet wher...

To do with the deaths. joining me now is cnn senior international correspondent arwa damon. arwa, what are you learning about this increase in deaths? >> reporter: well, ryan, those photographers that youre referring to, that long trail of people, that was taken in an area thats known as the death zone. its the last push to get to the summit and its called that for a very good reason, because there is so little oxygen there. when you breathe, you take in just a third of the oxygen you would take...

>> when i look at the ten deaths that occurred and sadly another one was reported just this morning of a young british gentleman. in my estimation only four had anything to do with potential crowds because the other six either were not on the day of the crowds or they died of other causes unrelated to crowds such as falling or some type of a health issue. >> okay. and looking again at this photo, how hard is it with your climbing experience to sort of have to stand in line there, wait your turn ...