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Woody, i'm so glad you joined us. as i said, you summited the mountain on may 23rd at the very time these tragedies were happening, and you say it was horrific. can you please describe to our audience, to everyone, your experience. what happened? >> yeah. i, like many fellow climbers, left at about 7:30 p.m. from camp 4, which is at 26,000 feet on the edge of the death zone at 7:30 p.m. on may 22nd, really trying to squeeze my summit bid into a very small weather window this year. it looked like the winds and other weather conditions were going to be satisfactory up there at the top of the wor...

>> thanks. >> shepard: we've been reporting extensively lately on mount everest and the number of deaths there. now nepal is refusing to limit of the number of permits for mount everest as the government faces criticism for the deadliest climbing season in four years. thus far 11 people have died on everest this year. these two americans. some experienced mountaineers are blaming crowds and the so-called death zone at the top of the mountain. nepal issued 381 permits this year. guides go up with all of those permit holders. so it's crowded. government officials say inexperienced climbers are n...

You don't want to be in a jam in a place called the death zone. it's start in a base camp. you have all these people coming around. they're trying to acclimatize here before they make the trek. 18,000 feet, 50% of oxygen at sea level. it's all about thin air and getting the buddy used to it. what you can't control are the conditions. now you're not at your best. you've got freezing temperatures, avalanches, blizzards. since 1922 the year that climbers have started recording the deaths, you had more than 200, okay? and why? well, most of them die up on the peak. that makes sense. their bodies a...