meru is anti-everest. climbers carry their own 200 pound packs up an icy risky route. saving weight where they can by taking only the bare minimum. >> the percentage of success on a route look this is so thin. that everything counts. >> for jimmy filming this expedition along with the third member of the team, that means adding another 15 pound of camera equipment to an already heavy load. >> when you are up there. there is like two thread. there is the climbing aspect. managing the risks and making good decisions as a climber. and i am a climber first up there. then there is this other thread. where you are thinking about your shots and your framing and your composition and the narrative. and that combination for me is -- an incredibly gratifying process. out climbing. the screws are solid. >> reporter: with temperatures dropping to 20 below they set up camp inside a tent that hangs directly on to the rock face, thousands of feet above the ground. it is their only protection from the elements. >> basically eating everything that you have left. next week. we'll be eati

the shark stint on india's mount meru. a film follows climbers.of this week's wearhaus cat as the trophy. it was used to store toxic chemicals. there is fear shifting winds are sending fumes into residential areas. >> the death toll is to 85. another survivor was rescued. officials warn some residents of a change in the wind direction and suggest they wear long pants and face masks. an area about two miles around the site has been cordoned off. >>> the fierce fight continues in the west where strong winds and hot temperatures are fueling dangerous wild fires, about 50 fires are burning. some in the oregon, washington state and idaho areas. near los angeles a car crash sparked a brush fire that could have gone out of control but forced a daring rescue as a helicopter crew pulled the driver to safety in the middle of it all. >> a television team in washington state got their story. . see there dropping flame retardant on them. flame retardant is made of water and fertilizer. as the news crew found out the hard way. >> i hope that washes out. >> inte

the shark's fin of india's mount meru stands 21,000 feet above the river. reach the sum met but it remains irresistible for toughest climbers. >> a new documentary follows three americans as they take on the challenge. >> you know, this is steep, modern climbing. it's using tools. you're a craftsman, tapping and pounding and tweaking. and he's like this cabinet maker chiseling away at this cabinet out of walnut or something, except, you know, if you hit that chisel one more time when you're a cabinet maker, maybe you split it, ruin this cabinet, bummer. if on an a-4 pitch you split the cabinet, you die. >> codirectors jimmy chin, a member of the climbing team, and chi are with us along with best-selling author, a featured commentator in the movie. he's also an accomplished climber in his own right. good morning. thanks for coming in. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> jimmy, you were part of the three-member team that decided to take on this mountain in 2008 and there's a great moment in the film where one of the climbers says, why do this stuff? can you ans

going to take you to india for one of the hardest climbs on planet earth, the shark's fin on mount meru stands 21,000 feet high. three americans tried to take on the challenge and a camera crew went along. you'll have the incredible stories. >>> plus, his resume is as cool as his name. chef hans rockenwagner is an award winning chef, baker, cookbook, author, designer, carpenter. he's a true renaissance man and he will join us in "the dish." >>> langehorn slim and the law. conan o'brien calls himself an obsessive fan of the singer/songwriter who spent the last two years rehabbing his music and himself. hear them perform from his acclaimed new album ahead in our "saturday session." >>> first, breaking news overnight. new explosions and new concerns at the scene of this week's warehouse catastrophe in china. the warehouse is in northeast port city of tianjin where they stored toxic chemicals. there is fear this morning shifting winds are sending fumes into residential areas. >> the death toll in the tragedy has risen to 85 but many people are still missing. here's i don't know on this vigl

meru, and it's in northern india in the himalayas.empts and failures on it. and it's seen more attempts and failures than any other route in the himalayas. >> and failures end how? >> people attempting it and not getting to the summit, basically, is considered a failure. and really a route kind of gains notoriety by the number of failures it has on it. >> so john, talk a little bit about why you wanted to be a part of this project. there's so many different storylines here. as an author, i would think that's what draws you to it, but beyond the visual and the challenge itself, isn't it the connections between the teams that really -- >> i mean, i have known jimmy and conrad for a long time. i climbed with boat of them. i admire them a lot. i watched the person who first conceived of this climb was a good friend of mine who is featured in the film. this mountain, i have sort of been watching it from afar for a long time. it's a really, really hard thing. there's all this hype about the new everest movie and, you know, this is so much h

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