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This character has a shrill voice and dresses in garish clothing
Who is Holly
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Gamow Bag (Gam-Off bag)
is an inflatable pressure bag large enough to accommodate a person inside. By inflating the bag with a foot pump, the effective altitude can be decreased by 1,000 - 3,000 meters
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The man who is more like a dad to Peak than Josh.
Who is Rolf?
100
"Without those yaks and porters, there wouldn't be a film"
Who is Peak?
100
Bridge that crosses from Tibet to Nepal.
What is the Friendship Bridge?
200
Was the youngest to summit Everest.
Who is Sun-jo?
200
What are these and what are they used for?
A prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes.
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The Chinese soldier who was trying to catch Sun-jo.
Who is Captain Shek?
200
"You can never tell who the mountain will allow and who it will not."
Zopa
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Why Peak hurries home to New York City.
What is he didn't want to miss the birthdays?
300
Peak's sisters
Who are the two Ps? Patrice and Paula
300
What is a crampon?
300
The name of the bridge that crosses from Tibet to Nepal.
Friendship bridge
300
"The only thing you get at the top of Mount Everest is a divine view. What is important lies far below."
Who is Peak?
300
The area of the mountain where humans cannot survive very long.
What is the Death Zone?
400
Man who slept inside of a yak:
Who is GULU?
400
People who live on the slopes of the Himalayas and help navigate Everest climbs. They have adapted to require less oxygen than those not from the region.
Who are the sherpas?
400
This character is described as cagey.
Who is Zopa?
400
"Writers should tell the brutal truth in their own voice and not let individuals, society, or consequences dictate their words"
Vincent (Peak's teacher)
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What Peak passes along the way which made him wonder if it was worth it to reach the summit. It took courage to pass these by.
What are corpses?
500
The father of Sun-jo.
Who is Kitar?
500
The process or result of becoming accustomed to a new climate or to new conditions.
What is acclimiaization?
500
Where Josh was when Peak was born?
What is K2
500
"I decide who gets to summit and who is on which teams."
Who is Josh?
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The Nepalese name for Mt Everest.
What is Sagarmatha?