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You're in the wrong place at the wrong time when one of these ice blocks decides to tumble over, you have tragedy and people die. >> yeah. ed, these avalanches, is there anything that man does, the fact that we're on this glacier, are we doing anything to make things less stable there? >> no. i mean, we're -- you know, if you look at the ice fall and you see people climbing in the ice fall, they're minuscule compared to this gigantic mass of ice. you can be there in the daytime, you can be there in the nighttime. the ice will do whatever it wants to do. the whole plan is to just move there ver...

Season. >> yeah. look, you've climbed this mountain seven times. you've 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 that's 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 these people are feeling now. you have decisions to make. you've got people to recover. you've got...

The world's 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 you've sum meted this mountain seven times. talk about this mountain, the popcorn field where it happened. >> it's directly above base camp and between base camp and camp one. it's the area of the glacier as it's sliding down the mountain at three feet per day. it's starting to break up and cause a jumble of giant towering pieces of ice. and it's slowly moving conveyor melt pieces of ice blocks....