one american is among them, glenn blake who is a skier. he was part of a group trying to -- who were intending to ski down mt. manaslu, he was at base camp three with his colleagues when the avalanche hit about 4:00 in the morning. and he spoke to a filmmaker of epic tv, which makes documentaries on extreme skiing and climbing, he had the following to say. >> about 4:45, he was reading his bible. reading his daily devotional. they heard a sound and greg turned to him and said did you hear that wind? a second later, he said, no, that's an avalanche. he said immediately the avalanche hit him, there was about 25 tents at camp three. it took them all out. he said it swept him about 300 meters down the mountain. >> i was reading that some of the climbers have been complaining about the conditions in nepal. they say it's getting more dangerous. what can you tell us about that? >> that's correct. i was talking to some of the climbers a bit earlier. climbers who go out to these peaks regularly, at least once or twice a year. they are saying the co