. >> reporter: traveling with collin, the musician mike posener, he's been at base camp for 18 monthse bit every day ♪ >> reporter: but the rest of the country in a state of emergency, cases hitting their highest since the start of the pandemic, kathmandu on lockdown. in neighboring india, a new a'se record death toll, more than 3,700 today. india's second wave relentless, but on everest climbers still holding out hope now, collin says their team's plan is to keep with their original plan, so they are staying socially distant they are masking up, and they're excited hopefully to make a push for the summit hoda. >> and molly, considering the rise in cases, i mean, i imagine they're taking a lot of precautions there at base camp what are they doing? >> reporter: hoda, there's no actual uniform policy or process in place, so to get into nepal you have to show proof of a negative pcr test or proof of vaccination. once you get up to 17,000 feet, there is no strict mask policy there's no universal testing and climbers are calling for everyone at base camp -- and that is hundreds and hundred