Why Everest is a Bad Vacation Choice
Due to the lack of this gasses availability, climbers must bring canisters of it when trying to hike mountains like Everest.
What is oxygen?
Identify: a yellow flowering plant with basal rosette style leaves. The leaves, flowers, and roots, are all often foraged for survival.
What are dandelions?
Filtration removes physical debris, but you must do this step next to kill remaining microscopic pathogens.
What is purification/boiling?
The three elements required to start and sustain any fire make up this geometric concept.
What is the fire triangle?
A tool used in survival: a magnetic needle floats atop some fluid and turns towards magnetic north.
What is a compass?
Recently a sherpa, who was thought to have died, was miraculously discovered alive after surviving 6 days in this zone...well known for having such a lack of oxygen that it is unable to sustain life.
What is the Death Zone?
Leaves of three let them be!
What is poison ivy?
Drinking salt water causes this to happen to your body's cells due to osmosis.
What is shrink/dehydrate?
This element of the fire triangle is removed when you smother a fire with dirt or a heavy blanket.
This type of map uses contour lines to display the three-dimensional shape and elevation of the landscape.
What is a topographical map?
This group of indigenous mountain guides possess genetic adaptations that make high-altitude breathing easier.
Who are sherpas?
Identify: white flowers, grows low to the ground, produces an edible red berry.
Wild Strawberries!
This vital organ works overtime to filter waste and maintain water balance in your blood.
What is the kidney?
These small, highly flammable materials, like dry leaves or char cloth, catch the very first spark.
What is tinder?
The rhyming classroom catchphrase used to remember how to align the magnetic needle inside the compass housing.
What is red in the shed?
The low-oxygen medical condition that causes dizziness, confusion, and "drunk-like" behavior on high peaks.
What is hypoxia?
Identify: Grows 50-70 feet tall, alternate arrangement leaves along twigs, distinct white bark, good fire starter, can use the bark to craft containers and canoes.
What is the paper birch?
This specific layer of a DIY filter is used to trap tiny microscopic toxins and bad odors.
What is activated charcoal?
This chemical reaction is the scientific process behind fire, releasing heat and light.
What is combustion?
The fixed arrow on the compass baseplate that you point directly at your target is called this arrow.
What is the direction of travel arrow?
This specific organ can experience fluid buildup (HAPE) due to extreme high altitude.
What are the lungs?
Identify: has heart shaped leaflets arranged around the stem, normally a trifoliate (3-leaves) but rarely there are quadrifoliates (four leaves), flowers come in a range of white, red, and purple.
What are clover?
This classroom tool was used to look at raw pond water samples to see active microbes before filtering.
What is a microscope?
Before striking a spark in the classroom or outside, you must ensure you have this safety item nearby.
What is fire extinguisher or water bucket?
The deviation (difference) between true north and magnetic north is called this. Hikers have to account for this when shifting from the map to the field and visa versa.
What is declination?
Bonus: What is the declination for Keene NH?