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Worst tragedys in its history. Im lester holt. This dateline is the ultimate cliffhanger. Special correspondent reports into the death zone. Reporter the mountain is mysterious, deadly, irresistible. Its closest thing you can get to being in outer space. Reporter it dares climbers to risk everything for the glory of standing at the highest point on earth. Over the years, hundreds of them havent made it back. The thing about dieing on everest is that its not a painful, gruesome death, its just about giving up and just sort of floating off. Reporter if that doesnt stop the throngs from coming every spring. It looks like people lining up to go to a rock concert except theyre all clichling at 25,000 feet. Inches away from death. Reporter so it was that one day last year the people youre about to meet crossed paths on the summit of everest, ominously known as the death zone whether they all faced heardbreaking choices that would mean the difference between life and death. We had this sense ....
Narrator could she save her only daughter . It was something i had to do. I had to be strong for her. Narrator kidnapped. But first tonight, a very different story of survival, just as dramatic. This one takes place at the top of the world. The holy grail of mountain r mountaineering. This is the moment ive been dreaming of. Every single one of these peoples lives are at risk. Narrator maybe you dreamed about it, they set out to do it. Conquer mt. Everest. Show everybody how deep that is. Narrator but would the mountain conquer them. You keep going, you will die. Narrator its an adventure story like you have never seen, because you are there for every treacherous step. I had no idea that what i was watching was actually one of the worst tragedies in everests history. Narrator im lester holt, and this dateline is the ultimate cliffhanger. The mountain is mysterious, deadly, irresistible. Its as close as you can get to being in outer space. Narrator it dares climbers to risk everything f ....
Dateline is the ultimate cliff hanger. Into the death zone. The mountain is deadly, irresistible. Its as close as you can get to outer space. The glory of standing at the highest point on earth. Over the years, hundreds of them havent made it back. The thing about dying on everest, its about giving up and sort of floating off. Yet, that doesnt stop the throngs from coming every spring. It looks like people are lining up to go to a rock concert except they are all climbing 25,000 feet, inches away from death. So it was one day last year, the people you are about to meet went into the death zone where they all made a life and death decision. We had a sense that we were not really climbing a mountain but seeing one horrible moment after another. Remarkably, their own cameras captured a lot of it. Im going to show people how deep that is. Pretty deep. As everyone on the expedition. Here we are, death zone. It would be a harrowing tale to tell the folks back home but only for the lucky ones ....