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Some of those climbers is speaking out. of course, the mountain on the border of china and nepal is the world s tallest. its peak more than 20,000 feet above sea level. thousands of people have climbed to the summit and survived. about 200 have died on that mountain. according to the experts high winds and heavy snow this year has made conditions especially dangerous. trace gallagher with the news. trace, we are hearing from a man who was up there and saw all of this? yeah, shep. is he a doctor from just outside of denver colorado. he was actually up there trying to rescue some of the victims near the summit in his account is riveting. he says at one point in time there were some 300 climbers drying to summit mount every rest. he said there was a choke point and there was a two hour wait at a certain choke point and so. climbers had been out there for more than 18 hours. by the time the bad weather came in, some of the climbers were frost bitten, sick, and totally exhausted. here is ....