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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...

So far this year, 11 people have died while climbing mt. everest. at just over 29,000 feet, it is the highest peak on earth. let's discuss now. joining me from skype is woody hartman who reached the summit just last week. woody, i'm so glad you joined us. as you said, you summited the mountain on may 23rd at the very time these tragedies were happening. you say yur experience. what happened? >> yeah. i like many fellow climbers left at about 7:30 p.m. from camp 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 ...

Technical mountain climber. you're saying it's possible for somebody with relatively little experience, with enough money to have guides, sherpas, who essentially lead them up the mountain. >> correct. and that's something they think they can do but there's also people that are affected by that. so you have the sherpa, who are trying to help those people up the mountain. but then you have the other expeditions of experienced climbers who are also there, and everybody is on that single rope going up hillary step. >> so explain what hillary step is. the video we've seen is this long line of peop...

Go there realize that ice fall and things like that an avalanche, those are objective hazards we can't control and you always have to remember in the back of your mind that that is a very real possibility. and, you have to be ready to deal with the consequences. if that means also losing a summit bid that is always a possibility. bill: your life comes first. >> that's right. bill: you've been staying in touch with this story clearly. there were 17 killed on everest after that avalanche. at least 100 were taking off by helicopter. what are you picking up now lisa? >> it is tragic. i feel for th...