Vocabulary
What is bungee jumping?
An extreme sport that uses ropes. People jump from heights attached to a cord
What do you call a piece of equipment that a climber wears on the waist to attach themselves to the rope?
Harness
Please correct the sentence:
The man climbed mountains since 5 years ago.
The man has climbed mountains for 5 years
OR
The man started climbing mountains 5 years ago
What is the tallest peak in Western Europe? It was first summited by Michel-Gabriel Paccad and Jacques Balmat in 1786.
Mont Blanc
What is the name of the tallest mountain in Spain?
Bonus (100 pts): Where is it located?
Mount Teide
Located on the Canary Islands
What does "slacking" mean?
Loosening or leaving the rope with less tension
The person who controls the climber's safety rope is called a ______
Belayer
Fill in the blank:
Jackson ____ Mount Everest last year.
A) Climbs
B) Has climbed
C) Climbed
C) Climbed
In what year did the first person summit Mount Everest?
A) 1889
B) 1984
C) 1922
D) 1953
D) 1953
The Matterhorn is one of the tallest mountains in Europe, and the most photographed mountain in the world.
Where is it located?
On the border between Switzerland and Italy
What is a chalk bag and how is it used?
Its a bag used to carry magnesium. It gives climbers better hand grip on the rocks.
A ______ is a long climbing route with several anchors to re-install the rope as you climb
Multi pitch route
I _______ climb a mountain because I'm afraid of heights.
A) never could
B) have never been able to
C) never have
B) have never been able to
Who was the first known person to reach a mountain summit?
Antoine de Ville reached the summit of Mount Aiguille in France in 1492.
Which Olympic Games included sport climbing as an event for the first time?
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Define "asbeiling"
A rock climbing technique for descending a steep slope by holding on to a rope that is attatched to the top of the slope.
What do you call the formation, usually calcite, created by contact between a stalactite and a stalagmite?
A column
Say the past participles of these words:
Sleep
Ascend
Speak
Slept
Ascended
Spoken
In 1923, _______ developed a system for grading climbing routes based on roman numerals
A) Willo Wellzenbach
B) Edward Whymper
C) Michel-Gabriel Paccad
D) Michael Jackson
A) Willo Wellzenbach
A) 7.645 meters
B) 10.542 meters
C) 8.849 meters
D) 9.204 meters
C) 8.849 meters
What is the difference between static ropes and dynamic ropes?
Static ropes do not stretch. They are designed for tasks like rappelling and rescue operations.
Dynamic ropes do stretch. They are designed for activities like rock climbing and mountaineering.
A landscape formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks
Karst
Which sentence correctly uses the past participle?
A) By the time we reached the base, the experienced climbers had already ascend the peak.
B) He has been training for months to attempt the difficult ascent.
C) She has leaded multiple expeditions up the treacherous route.
D) They had quickly move past the crux before the storm rolled in.
B) He has been training for months to attempt the difficult ascent.
Spain uses a mix of the UIAA system and French system to classify climbing routes.
What does UIAA stand for?
A) International Union of Alpine Alliance
B) United Institution of Alpine Adventures
C) International Union of Mountaineering Associations
D) Universal Institution of Aviation and Alpinism
What is the name of the largest cave system in the world and where is it located?
Mammoth Cave
In Kentucky, USA