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ELA✏️ Flashcards

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What advise did Geoff Tabin give Mark?

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Geoff Tabin told Mark he needed to try ice climbing

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What happened in the restaurant in Hurarez that embarrassed Mark and Javier?

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John (A.K.A. Butthead) made fun of a dead climber in front of the climbers family

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What happened at NOLS when Mark was leader?

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He and his peers were standing on a nice cornice

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What did a newspaper reporter for the “Providence Journal” say that made Mark mad?

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The reporter quoted another climber saying that Marks parents letting him climb at such a young age was a form of child abuse

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Why was Al Burgess nervous for going through customs?

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He was afraid they would stop them and take their food

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What happened to Mark while he was clearing a spot for his tent on his first trip to Everest?

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He nearly stuck himself with a dirty needle

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Why didn’t Mark summit in 1995? 1996?

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1995- He had a broken rib from coughing

1996- A bad storm hit the night before they were going to summit

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Why did Marks team change their summit date in 1996?

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Someone told them there was thick powdery snow next to the summit

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Why wouldn’t Marks parents let him skip on his workout schedule?

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They wanted him to be totally prepared (less chance of anything happening to him)

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Why was it hard to sleep in the Himalayas

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Al’s snoring and yaks’ bells kept him awake

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Why did Mark allow himself to be filmed on his second trip to Everest?

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He knew the publicity for his sponsors would help him to get more money, equipment, and sponsors

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What did Mark do to get older climbers to respect him?

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He took the EMT course

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On Marks second trip to Everest, anyone caught __________ would have to eat marmite.

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swearing

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When Mark was an assistant leader on a trip to Kilimanjaro, what did Richard do that made him mad?

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He was lazy, very rude to his step father, and he refused to notice how beautiful everything was around him

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Why did Mark decide not to go to Everest in 1997?

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He decided it was time to be a son instead of a climber

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Why did Mark and Jake throw the Sherpa girls scarves into the air and run?

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they found out that taking a Sherpa girls scarf meant a sign of love

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What did Mark do about school so that he could focus on getting to Everest in 1997

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Decided to take the year off

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How did Mark get the initial $5000 he needed for the Nepal trek?

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He wrote to many businesses in the area asking for sponsorships

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What are two major factors that determine summit day on Everest?

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Health of the climbers and the weather

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What two countries is amount Everest located?

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Nepal and Tibet

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What does Mark say is “more than half of an Everest expedition”?

A

preparation

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What is one thing Mark says that all high altitude climbers have in common?

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the mental capacity to push themselves

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What is the failure rate for Everest expeditions?

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about 60%

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What are symptoms of altitude sickness?

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nosebleeds, headaches, decreased mental ability

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What is the average cost for climbing Everest?

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around $30,000

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What is the “Death Zone”?

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above 25,000 feet where the air is so thin you don’t get enough oxygen to breathe

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Who are the Sherpas?

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Natives who love in the mountains, they are hired by the expedition leaders to help carry equipment up the mountain

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What is one of the most important pieces of equipment on Everest, according to one veteran climber?

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two-way radio

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How much water does a climber need to drink every day to stay hydrated?

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7-8 quarts

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Uglies

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Marks nightly exercises of laying on his stomach and arching his back and lifting his legs

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Belay

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To secure a climber on one end of the rope to another climber at the opposite end

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Crampons

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Metal spikes worn on the bottom of mountaineering boots that dig into the ice for traction

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Scree

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a slope of loose rocks, sand, and dirt, and the surface crumbles

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Ice Screw

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A tubelike metal screw that is hammered, then screwed into the ice for protection

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Crevasse

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A crack or fissure in a glacier

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Self-Arrest

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A technique that climbers use to stop from falling down a slope by digging an ice ax into the snow

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Hydration

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Maintaining an adequate level of fluids in the body in order to avoid altitude sickness

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Dinner Plating

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The shattering of hard and brittle ice that can occur when a climber strikes the mountain with an ice ax

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Ice Ax

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a long bar with a spike at one end and a pick and hammer on the other, ice climbers dig it into the snow for balance and help

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