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country is under a state of emergency right now with what has occurred with the earthquake a few days ago. >> john can you tell me where you were when this quake hit, when these avalanches happened there on mt. everest? were you north of base camp and did you see people who were injured? >> yeah. i was at base camp because i was here to climb as well and we were in a three or four day rest. i was sitting in the dining tent and this base camp is huge. it's about the size of a small town. you get about 1,000 residents for the course of an eight week climbing season. it stretches out for about a mile from the bottom to the top. our camp is situated at the top of the town so to speak, and so we were out of the zone.