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SURVIVING MOUNT EVEREST with Dr. Beck Weathers Thursday May 11, 2000 1:30 EDT On May 10, 1996, nine climbers died in a blizzard on Mount Everest, the single deadliest day ever on the peak. Today's guest, Dr. Beck Weathers, author of Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest, was one of the survivors.