Kathmandu, Nepal - To set foot on Mount Everest is to risk death. Mountaineering tourists and their native Nepali guides both have this on their minds, as they straddle cavernous ravines in the ice.
CNN: American climber recounts how Sherpa saved his life – Everest avalanche

American climber Jon Reiter for last week's verest avalanche, the deadliest accident in the history of the world's highest peak.