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How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed past 8,000 feet?

0

What year did the tradgedy on Mount Everest occur on Rob Hall and Scott Fisher's teams

1996

What did Fischer and Hall decide as the turn around time, even if it was not formally announced to the team?

2:00 PM

What is the cruising altitude of the plane that makes krakauer realize how absurd it seems to climb that distance

30,000 feet

How many camps are above Base Camp, according to Krakauer's description of the mountain?

4

How many times has Fischer climbed Mount Everest?

4

How many people are left of the original 11 members of Hall's team?

6

How many continents' highest points did Rob Hall climb in a period of 7 months once?

7

Where do the climbers who find Wilson's body bury him?

A crevasse

What does krakauer find on a short hike up from Camp Two?

A dead body

What does krakauer hope to avoid by moving quickly up the face on the one rope?

A long line of climbers

What is the name of Rob Hall's climbing organization that leads climbers up the summit of Mount Everest?

Adventure Consultants

What is Krakaur's reaction to seeing climbers lined up to get to the summit?

Alarmed

Hall says it's actually easy to get up the mountain, "the trick is to get down ____"

Alive

The Icefall is a dangerous area that is laid out in ropes and ______.

Aluminum ladders

What does krakauer notice about the Sherpas culture when they arrive in Namche?

American clothing and movies

While at the summit, Krakaur takes photos of _____ and Andy Harris

Anatoli Bourkeev

Who is severely injured in a bus accident while in his native country?

Anatoli Bourkeev

Which of the guides have already become ill as a result of the conditions at Lobuje?

Andy Harris

Who asks krakauer to clear the ice from his oxygen equipment in order to make sure it's functioning?

Andy Harris

Who does krakauer ask to turn down his tank of oxygen in order to save oxygen?

Andy Harris

Who finally goes on to attach the lines that are necessary to allow the climbers up the mountain?

Andy Harris

Who meets krakauer at the airport when he lands in India for his climbing journey?

Andy Harris

Who does krakauer help when they reach Camp One?

Ang Dorje

Hall says, "I think it's pretty unlikely that we will get through this season without something ___ happening up high."

Bad

What does the team krauker saw through his lens come back to Camp Four to report?

Bad weather prevented them from reaching the top

Where do the climbers rest for a few days after their first acclimatization climb?

Base Camp

What is Ingrid Hunt's other role besides doctor?

Base Camp Manager

What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?

Base camp

Which climber is found alive as well, but he is missing one of his gloves?

Beck Weathers

Who is the overachieving doctor, who is actually hooked on climbing for its real challenges?

Beck Weathers

Who is thought to be dead, but later is revealed that is not to be the case?

Beck Weathers

Who had his right arm amputated below the elbow?

Beck weathers

What is krakauer handed when he arrives in Base Camp, causing him to sit down and realize what he had just been through?

Beer

Krakauer sees a dead body wrapped in a _____ as they are climbing their second acclimatization climb.

Blue sheet

Whose directions does krakauer decide to follow in his search for missing climbers?

Bourkeevs

In 1852, who takes a complete survey of India in order to find out more about their land that is their colony now?

Britain

What was the nationality of the climbers who are thought to have reached the summit first, although they never returned to camp?

British

Which leader of the South African group does not appear to be doing well?

Bruce Herrod

What is the name of the highest camp on Mount Everest?

Camp 4

Where is the team supposed to climb to on April 28, 1996.

Camp Three

What did Willi Unsoeld, a man from krakaur's hometown, do to inspire krakauer to climb?

Climb Mount Everest by the west ridge route

What is Ang Dorje called by the other climbers in the group?

Climbing Sirdar

What does Hutchison ask Krakauer to check because it doesn't feel right?

Climbing harness

What does Krakaur discover in the sky after he takes the pictures on the summit? This is something he had not noticed before

Cloud formation

Who led an effort to clean up Base Camp when it was dirty in the 70's and 80's?

Commercial Guides

Krakauer considers himself to be ______ for thinking he has what it takes to climb Everest.

Delusional

Only treatment for HAPE

Descend to lower altitude

Who is the inexperienced climber that made it up to the top of Everest with a guide?

Dick Bass

How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

Dirty

Scott Fischer and who else are the last to come up to Hillary step?

Doug Hansen

Who is Krakauer's tent mate at Camp Two?

Doug Hansen

Who is NOT one of the climbers that decides to turn back when they realize they will reach the summit later than they should?

Doug Hansen

Who is suspected to have frostbite and a frozen larynx?

Doug Hansen

Who nearly collapsed at the top of Hillary step when climbing on Mount Everest?

Doug Hansen

Who stays behind and doesn't climb with the group on April 29, 1996z

Doug Hansen

Many people on the mountain with Krakauer, he says, are 'marginally qualified _____.'

Dreamers

Krakauer believes that climbing Everest is not about the adrenaline rush, but is more about _______.

Enduring pain

What is Andy Harris' wife's name, as krakauer finds out from hiking with him?

Fiona Stevenson

What are the jobs Krakauer takes up in order to finance his climbing hobby?

Fishing and carpentry

Who is krakauer impressed with in his group because he keeps up a steady pace?

Frank Fishbeck

What kind of attitude does Fischer have towards mountain climbing?

Full speed ahead

"One must have drive, but too much drive will ______."

Get one killed

Who is coming down the mountain after traveling from sea level to the top of Everest?

Goran Kropp

Who was Hall's first partner when he began his climbing operation?

Greg Ball

What is the illness Topche comes down with?

HAPE

Whose family does krakauer meet at the airport, returning his gear to them?

Hansen's

Who was told via a phone at Base Camp and Hutchison's message that Harris made it down safely to the camp?

Harris' wife

What's so special about Andy Harris?

He has not climbed Everest before

What does Krakauer develop as he is descending Icefall?

Headache

What is obscuring the actual peak for the Indian Team, making it look much closer than it actually is?

Heavy clouds

Who is the base camp manager for the group?

Helen Wilton

Who were the first known climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest?

Hillary and Tenzing

Krakauer makes his way to the top of _____ where he must wait for descending climbers to pass.

Hillary step

What quality is kinda krakauer impressed with as Goran Kropp comes down the mountain?

His discipline

Who does Fischer actually depend on for financial support for his climbing?

His wife

What doesn't base camp have as one of its many luxuries?

Hot tubs

What is the name of the part of the climb where the glacier fractures into large chunks?

Icefall

What expedition also just reached the top at about 4:00Pm?

Indian

Which climbers were found ill, but alive, although no one stopped to help them?

Indian

Who is the doctor for Fischer's group?

Ingrid Hunt

Who's in charge of making medical decisions for Fischer's group, even though she has no altitude experience?

Ingrid Hunt

Who discovers the bodies of the Indian team the next day?

Japanese team

Harris and ____ are leading the group on the way to Camp Two.

John Karaueker

Who decided to dress lightly, thinking the sun will warm him up, but instead finds out the wind makes him very cold?

John Karauker

Who goes in the helicopter with Fox and Groom?

John Taske

Who insists the team should not leave the camp while Hall is still up in the mountain?

John Taske

Who is the retired colonel who enjoys climbing because it gives him a mission in his new civilian life?

John Taske

What role is krakauer becoming less comfortable in, as the climbers in his group have not been told the actual reason for his presence?

Journalist

What is the name of the silk scarf that the Buddhist lama ties around the necks of the climbers before their ascent?

Kata

Where does krakauer land when he arrives in Nepal?

Katmandu

What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

Lack of oxygen

What is Krakaur impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?

Letting other climbers pass

What is the name of Jon Krakauer's wife?

Linda

Who blames himself for bringing bad luck to Fischer?

Lopsang

Who gives sandy Pittman his spare canister of oxygen?

Lopsang

Who is assisting Pittman, causing him to fall behind and not be the leader as he was meant to be?

Lopsang

Who is waiting for Fischer when he reaches The summit because he feels indebted to him?

Lopsang

Who tells one of Fischer's Sherpas to stay behind?

Lopsang

Who was killed in an avalanche on Everest the next year?

Lopsang

What affects krakaur's ability to think clearly at the summit?

Low oxygen

What has krakauer worried when he reached the summit, so much so that he can't enjoy his time there?

Low oxygen

Where is Hall's group first flying to by helicopter before they begin their climb up the mountain?

Lukla

Who is the one person krakauer was not able to interview for the article he wrote for the magazine?

Martin Adams

Who evacuated with Fox via helicopter from Mount Everest?

Mike Groom

Who is the quiet Australian that is the third guide in Rob Hall's group that is climbing to the summit?

Mike Groom

Which team does krakauer think he sees through his camera lens as he looks up at the summit?

Monenegrin

The Japanese team said "above 8,000 meters is not a place where people can afford _______."

Morality

Which climber is found to be still breathing, but very near death, much to the surprise of everyone?

Namba

Who almost falls off the side of the rock face because he tries to climb before the ropes are secured?

Namba

Whose death became a national story in his country?

Namba

In what is Base Camp located?

Natural ampitheater

Who admits he did not speak up to the guides when he should have?

Neil Beidleman

Who assembled Fischer's team in order to continue their descent?

Neil Beidleman

Who is concerned that Fischer and his clients have not reached the top?

Neil Beidleman

Who said he just kept moving and didn't look back when he saw Namba couldn't stay upright in order to get to camp?

Neil Beidleman

From what country is Andy Harris?

New Zealand

What do some of the climbers unpack when they are getting ready for their first acclimatization climb, much to Krakauer's alarm?

New boots

What did NOT leave krukaur feeling drained when he reached the summit?

No water

From what country is the man trying to ascent to the summit on his own?

Norway

Sherpas make up ____ of all the deaths on Mount Everest, according to Krakauer

One third

Which magazine does krakauer query in order to climb Mount Everest for a story?

Outside

Who's flag did krakauer bring with him to pose with at the summit, but leaves it in his bag?

Outside magazine

What does Fischer climb Everest without in order to attract attention to his climbing skills and services?

Oxygen

What was Mount Everest's first official name?

Peak XV

Harris and his wife help run a clinic at _____ which is on the way to base camp.

Pheriche

What is Harris' wife's occupation?

Physician

Sherpas that have reached the sumo are highly _____ in the community in which they live.

Respected

Who continues to wait for Hansen at the summit because he wants to make sure someone else arrives?

Rob Hall

Who gives a call to Groom, telling him to call off the climb?

Rob Hall

Who is critical of the treatment of the Sherpa by Fischer's medical team?

Rob Hall

Who is on the summit's edge and needs help as per his radio call?

Rob Hall

Who is the leader of Krakaur's group with which he is climbing in order to write a story for Outside Magazine

Rob Hall

Who seems to act like a sort of mayor in the "town" of base camp?

Rob Hall

Who is described as being from New Zealand, having a full beard, and being gregarious and funny?

Rob hall

The climbers on Everest do not _______ for safety, which is different from other climbs Krakauer has done.

Rope themselves together

Which climber is openly scorned and hounded by journalists?

Sandy Pittman

Which team climber falls to the ground when he reaches the summit?

Sandy Pittman

What climber actually saved the lives of five other climbers as he tried to ascent to the top of K2

Schoening

Who is the person in fischers team who is a legend in Himalayan climbing?

Schoening

Who's advice does krakauer seek out as he deals with the horrors of the aftermath of the tragedy?

Schoening

Who besides Harris is said to be missing?

Scott Fischer

Who does Krakaur see climbing up to the summit and appears as looking beat?

Scott Fischer

Who radios in that he is very tired at the summit, then complains about how he doesn't feel well?

Scott Fischer

Who removes their mask and does not use it as they begin their descent?

Scott Fischer

Fischer is from _____

Seattle

In what month is Krakauer's article about the trip published in Outside?

September

What is the name of the large chunks into which the glacier breaks?

Seracs

Who are the main guides of Nepal that help the climbers with their goals of reaching the summit?

Sherpas

Who carries most of the gear for the climbers as they continue their hike up the mountain?

Sherpas

Who was supposed to have set up lines along the pathway to the summit?

Sherpas from each team

Who is the survivor General of India that names the peak Mount Everest?

Sir Andrew Waugh

From whom does Rob Hall attract criticism?

Sir Edmund Hillary

After whom is Mount Everest named?

Sir George Everest

What did Bourkeev do that necessitated that Fischer descend to help a client?

Sleep in

What does Krakauer say deepens when he hears that an inexperienced climber makes it to the top of Everest?

Snobbery

What is on the trail that slows down the hikers as they move along the glacier?

Snow

Which team on the mountain is sponsored by a newspaper?

South African

Where did the team wait until lines were put into place?

South Col

Where is camp four located on Mount Everest?

South Col

Where does Krakaur plan to go for more oxygen?

South Summit

Who is not wearing his goggles, although he is quickly reminded to do so?

Stuart Hutchison

Who is the only other member of Hall's team, besides krakauer, that is still able to climb?

Stuart Hutchison

Who looks to be the strongest, but is worn out by the quick pace at the start?

Stuart Hutchison

Who says he is feeling lightheaded and unsure of himself, which might affect his decisions?

Stuart Hutchison

Who wake kraukauer and tells him Harris is not in his tent, shocking krakauer?

Stuart Hutchison

What does Lopsang give to Fischer to help him feel better?

Tea

What kind of role does krakauer think Bourkeev see himself as one of the guides?

Technical

Who accompanied Denman on a mission even though he knew it would be unsuccessful?

Tenzing

What's keeping the men in the tent from getting out of their sleeping bags?

The cold

What does krakauer help the Sherpas chop ice for when they get back to camp?

The tents

Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _____.

Thin air

From what side has the Indian team ascended Everest?

Tibetan

This route on the first climb is over Khumbu glacier which is in the part called _____.

Western Cwm

Who sneaks into Tibet and makes it up to 21,000 ft where he finds a cache of supplies but dies anyway?

Wilson

Who is described as a difficult man who has deceived many people and created enemies on the mountain?

Woodall

Doug Hansen and _____ are led up the summit by Rob Hall and Krakaur begins his descent.

Yasuko Namba

Where does the bottleneck of climbers form as the team descends Everest?

Yellow Band


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