Meet the Characters
This is Peak's full name.
What is: Peak Marcello?
Peak gets into serious trouble, before getting sent to live with this dad; what did he do?
What is: illegally climb a skyscraper in NYC.
Peak's dad, Josh, runs this type of business.
What is: an adventure travel company called, "Peak Experience."
Peak's decision to climb the skyscraper in NYC, ultimately led to this fatal event.
What is: the death of a teen who tried, and failed, to climb a building just like Peak.
Who are the two Peas?
Peak’s famous father, a professional climber, shares this first name with a biblical king.
What is: Joshua.
Peak left a mark on this skyscraper, sort of his signature.
What is: he spray paints a small, blue mountain.
To stop yourself by crampon or axe while sliding on snow or ice.
What is: self-arrest.
Peak's mom made the decision not to climb any more. Why?
What is: She was injured and required a long recovery and Peak was born.
Who is: Holly Angelo
This young climber becomes Peak’s close friend during the Everest expedition.
Who is: Sun-Jo.
Instead of jailtime, Peak is sent to live on this continent with his father.
What is: Asia.
When a climber sleeps at a lower altitude than what they've climbed that day, what strategy are they employing?
Upon receiving letters from his family, what decision of Josh's does Peak discover that hurts his feelings so badly?
What is: Josh has been receiving Peak's letters all along; he just never responded to him.
The group of people who help climbers safely reach the top of Everest.
Who are: Sherpas
This famous actor is also attempting to summit Everest.
Who is: William Blade.
Peak originally lives with this parent/family members before being sent to live with this father.
Who is: his mother, Rolf, and the two "P's": Paula and Patrice.
When Francis gets HAPE, this is his treatment.
What is: pumping a Gamow Bag full of oxygen.
When Peak decides to attempt to summit, what advice does his mother give him?
What is: think only about yourself and make yourself hard as stone.
The Buddhist Monk
Who is: Zopa
This person says that Peak's most special talent isn't climbing, it's writing.
Who is: Vincent, his teacher at school.
Peak's climbing skills before Everest mostly come from climbing these structures.
What are: skyscrapers.
This is the section of Everest where your body begins to break down.
What is: The Death Zone.
What does Peak decide to do only a few feet from the summit?
What is: He decides to let Sun-Jo have the honor of becoming the youngest person to ever summit.
The Chinese Soldier tracking Peak's every move.
Who is: Captain Shek.