The Summit
The average length of time it takes to climb Mt. Everest.
5 days or 40 days
40 days
Shoes with spikes on the bottom to help climbers climb.
What are Crampons?
Mount Everest is this height....
29,034 ft
26,934 ft
What is 29,034 ft?
What is rainbow valley?
Where many frozen dead bodies are.
These people are named after days of the week.
climbers or Sherpas
What are Sherpas?
You must make summit by what time during the day and why?
8pm
2pm
What is 2:00pm and What is the weather becomes extreme.
This area above 26,000 ft where there is limited oxygen in the air.
What is the Death Zone?
Guides hired to lead expeditions up Mount Everest.
What is a Sherpa?
Mount Everest has been submitted by this many people.
400 or 4,000
What is over 4,000 people?
Mount Everest grows by this much every year.
8 inches or 1 inch
What is 1 inch?
The Summit is comparable in size to this...
the gymnasium
a picnic table
What is a picnic table.
A deep, narrow opining or crack in a glacier or the earth.
What is a Crevase?
Mount Everest is part of what mountain range?
What are the Himalayas?
This was the age of the youngest person to actually climb Mt. Everest.
What is 13?
Mount Everest is this old...
1 million or 60 million years
What is 60 million years old?
These symptoms are common factors what? (headache, loss of appetite, dizziness, nausea, cough)
What is Altitude sickness?
A large mass of snow, ice, earth or rock moving swiftly down a mountainside.
What is Avalanche?
This is the highest point on earth above sea level.
What is Mount Everest?
This is the age of the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest.
60 or 80
What is 80?
Mount Everest average temps are
-40 to 30 degrees
20 to 80 degrees
-40 to 30 degrees
Climbers handle the death zone by doing these things.
What is wearing oxygen masks/tanks to breathe.
The height above sea level.
attitude or altitude
What is Altitude?
Mount Everest is located between what two countries?
China and India
China and Nepal
What is China and Nepal?
The first woman to reach summit was from this country.
USA or Japan
What is Japan?
This was the fasted record from base camp to summit.
5 hours and 2 minutes
10 hours and 56 minutes
What is 10 hours 56 minutes?