no overtime, don t sign up. will that work? we will discuss. outnumbered, top of the hour. jenna: an ever wish you had a way out when you did something wrong? when company is trying something called rescue insurance. san francisco international airport, this story. reporter: with adventure travel on a rise many thrills eagles are buying rescue insurance to eliminate one worry, getting stuck in a dicey situation. we thought we were going to die. we felt this was not something we could walk away from. reporter: at an altitude of 17,000 feet, a businessman and amateur climbers jerry rhodes was part of that expedition to mount everest base camp when a massive 7.8 earthquake triggered an avalanche. he and fellow trekkers survive the disaster and avoid the chaos
had been canceled because of the earthquake two weeks ago and avalanches. but still people who want to do regular treks around everest were in namche. so we don t know what the situation is, but it s an area with a lot of, it was already reeling because of that avalanche and the earthquake, and now you ve got all these trekkers there possibly stranded in namche. we don t know the situation, but there is a lot of concern that this could be quite big. if rescuers wanted to get into this region, it s going to take them a long time. did you say it was going to take a two-day walk? is that right? reporter: that s right. namche is a two-day walk. if you re a really fast walker, then you could possibly do it in one day, but it s a two-day walk. and you can go by helicopter as well. so that s what the rescue workers have been using in the
the scale of the earthquake. we know in kathmandu, a lot of chaos on the streets. a lot of people outside. a lot of people crying. that s what people on the ground are telling us. outside kathmandu, a few homes already cracked. they have now fallen. this was the fear of nepalese had while we were there two and a half weeks ago. people said another earthquake will strike again. a lot of the homes with massive cracks will fall. a lot of people were camping out outside. we are talking two and a half weeks since the previous earthquake. my family for example, is still living outside in a tent because of that fear christine. thank you for that sumnima udas. felt all the way to new delhi. so close to that area of the town of namche where the trekkers do to reach the himalayans. no word of any possible avalanches or snow damage.
early right now to say, to talk about any sort of impact. and talk about namche. it is a small village, i did a quick check, what, about 1600 people live there, there is an airport there that is not used, at least commercially. but what more do we know about this part of nepal? reporter: so the main airport is considered one of the most difficult airports to land in because of a tiny, tiny landing strip on the cliff of this very high up, actually. i think it s about 4,000 meters, roughly. so people arrive and you have to walk about two days to get to namche. that s the hub for the whole everest trekking expeditions and trekkers in general. now something to mention, actually, everest expeditions
it is a tinyville allege, a series of sherpa villages that indicator to trekkers, to mountaineer, the people who go to not only hike in the himalayas, but also try to make their way to every restest base camp and to reach the summit itself. yak herders sherpas who provide services to the mountaineer, no road what is whatsoever. elevation starts at 10,000 people. so extremely difficult area to launch any kind of search and rescue operation. back at home rand paul and ron wagner are threaten to go filibuster a vote to renew spaying pow are s first granted under the bill after 9/11. powers that a federal appeals court ruled i will will he just