Mountaineer David Breashears On The Everest Hiker Deaths

Eleven people have died during this year’s Everest climbing season so far, with many blaming the deaths on overcrowding and long lines at the top of the mountain – where low oxygen levels wreak havoc on the human body. But so far, Nepal’s board of tourism says it has no plans to limit who can make the trek. But this isn’t the first time that crisis has broken out on the world’s tallest peak. Jim Braude was joined by mountaineer and filmmaker David Breashears, who was there in 1996 when a blizzard killed eight other hikers, and who suspended filming to assist in rescue efforts.

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