MOUNTAINEERING Flashcards
1
Q
combines hiking, rock climbing, and
snow and ice techniques
A
mountaineering
2
Q
what do you call the hairy beast lives on Mount Everest
A
yeti
3
Q
- sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains.
- more physically
demanding than hiking - provide a mixed terrain (with the presence of
rock, ice and snow)
A
mountaineering
4
Q
A few isolated cases of mountaineering occurred in the
A
1300s and 1400s
5
Q
A few isolated cases of mountaineering occurred in the 1300s and 1400s for
purposes such as
A
religion and meteorology
6
Q
ordered his chamberlain and military engineer Antoine de Ville to scale the “inaccessible mountain” we now call Mont Aiguille
A
Charles VIII of France
7
Q
when was the most notable being the first ascent of Mont Aiguille
A
1492
8
Q
Charles VIII of France ordered his chamberlain and military
engineer
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Antoine de Ville
9
Q
Mont Aiguille wasn’t summitted again until
A
1834
10
Q
equipments used in mountaineering
A
- tents
- backpacks
- carabiners
- crevasse rescue equipment
- climbing harnesses
- ice axes
- boots
- stoves
- helmet
11
Q
mountaineering aka
A
alpinism
