Conquering the Mountains
The name of the occupation/hobby for a person who spends his life rock climbing and guiding in the mountains.
Mountaineering
"And you will please not tell anyone that I have been up there today?"
Who is Rudi?
The ancient salutation of the Alps
What is Gruss Gott or "Go with God."
Rudi is sixteen and his story takes place in this country and year.
What is Switzerland in 1865?
Captian Winters is from this country.
What is England?
What climbers in the alps call an avalanche.
What is the "White Fury"?
"Now we will see if you are a climber or a dishwasher."
Who is Old Teo
What Kurtel calls all the tourists?
Auslander
The color of his dad's shirt.
Red
One of Rudi's "enemies", a porter who mocks him and calls him "Angel Face".
Who is Klaus Wesselhoft?
The worst sin a mountaineer can commit.
What is making another climber risk his life for you.
Who is Captain John Winters?
Term used for clients or individuals who have to be pulled or carried up the mountain.
What is firewood bundle?
The mountain Peak Rudi climbed on his first venture with Franz and Captain Winter.
What is the Wunderhorn?
Emil Saxo is called the _________ of Broli by Kurtaler guides.
What is "the boaster"?
The base of the Citadel is called this.
What is the Fortress?
"You are sheep- chickens. You are even afraid to come as far as this hut, until you were shamed into it by a boy."
Who is Emil Saxo?
A mountaineering phrase meaning a mountain is climbable.
What is "It will go"?
The business Rudi's mother and uncle are planning for Rudi's career.
What is the hotel business?
To tell the town, the Mayor, and the Guide Committee who is climbing the Citadel. But, he is only to tell Ruti's mother that he has been found.
Before reaching the summit of the Citadel, Rudi had to pass through this difficult part of the climb.
"What is the Needle's Eye?"
"There are some things, my Captain, that God intended for men and some he did not....and he did not intend them to climb the Citadel. The Citadel he is keeping for himself, untouched-forever."
Who is Franz Lerner?
A temporary shelter camp that is for sleeping in outside but is not a tent.
What is a bivouac?
What is a tourist attraction?
A waitress as the Beau Site Hotel, she's often frustrated with Rudi's comings and goings.
Who is Gretchen?