gear
True or False
Some people when they were dying on the mountain took off there clothes because they thought(wrongly) that they were burning up.
True
The part of the mountain where the air is very thin.
What the death zone.
Who are the first 2 people to climb and summit Mount Everest in 1953?
Tensing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
What jobs do Sherpa's do on the mountain?
What is a guide and to set up ropes and ladders on the mountain for the climbers.
What is the rainbow ally?
dead bodies scattered on the mountain
Weather conditions on Mount Everest
What is freezing and below freezing temperatures
Who was the first woman to climb Mt Everest?
Junko Tabei or Tensing Norgay
What is Junko Tabei
you need this to go over crevasse
What is rope tether and ladders
What is a new problem on Everest?
Too many people climbing at once causing bottlenecking on the mountain.
who was the youngest persons age to climb mount Everest.
What is 13 years old
The name of the poor man who was dying in 2006, people walked by him while he was alive still.
No one really stopped to help him.
David Sharp
climbers use this to keep there feet warm
What is boots
What does ABC camp stand for
advanced base camp
Why is Kumbu Ice Fall dangerous?
The ice is always shifting and causing crevasses.
Who was green boots?
A man who died in an Everest cave in the 80's or 90's. His body is still there.
What is a crampon?
Spikes on boot bottoms that dig into the ice.
Who was left to die on the mountain but walked down and lived.
Beck Weathers
what is the worst thing that could happen to you on Mount Everest
What is death
Who was the first climber of Mt Everest?
George Mallory
there was one particular sherpa that was in charge of every sherpa
What is chief sherpa