The Incident
Why is Peak arrested at the beginning of the book?
For climbing the Woolworth building.
What is the name of Peak's famous mountain-climbing father?
Joshua Wood
What is the name of the city in Thailand where Josh takes Peak for his doctor's appointment?
Bangkok
It's like a frozen city.
There are climbers from all over the world.
Lots of trash.
What is acclimatization?
Where a person's body adjusts to the lack of oxygen and altitude.
What is Peak's "tag" that he leaves behind on the buildings he climbs?
A blue spray-painted stencil of a mountain.
What are the names of Peak's twin sisters?
Paula & Patrice (The Two Peas)
What is the name of the Buddhist monk and former Sherpa who helps Peak get to Everest?
Zopa
Who is Holly Angelo?
A high-maintenance reporter from NYC who arrives at Base Camp with her own personal chef and massage therapist.
What is HAPE?
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
A dangerous illness caused by high altitude that results in fluid in the lungs.
What happens to Peak's face during his arrest?
His face and ear were torn from being stuck to ice on the side of a building.
What is the name of Peak's step-dad?
Rolph Young
Who is Zopa's grandson and Peak's climbing partner?
Sun-jo
The name of the doctor at Base Camp.
Dr. Krieger
What is a Gamow Bag?
Portable pressure chamber used to treat HAPE or severe altitude sickness if the climber can't get to a lower altitude fast enough.
Why is the judge so harsh on Peak?
A boy tried to copy Peak's building climb and died.
Why did Peak's Mom stop climbing?
She had a climbing accident and broke her back.
Why did Josh REALLY take Peak to Everest?
So Peak can become the youngest person to summit Everest (and to help Josh's climbing business).
Peak is forced to keep these as part of his school assignment from his teacher Vincent.
Moleskine notebooks
Finish this phrase: "Climb high, sleep _____."
Low
What was Peak's punishment for climbing the skyscraper?
Peak's father took custody of him.
He had to leave the country.
His parents had to pay a big fine.
How long had it been since Peak saw his dad before his court date?
7 years
What is the name of Josh's climbing company?
Peak Experience
What is a "Mess Tent"?
Where climbers go to eat and hang out.
In climbing, what is "self-arrest"?
A technique climbers use to stop a fall.