Into Thin Air: Chapters Quiz

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Into Thin Air: Chapters 12-14 Quiz Turn in your chapter questions now. If you have not finished your prayer flag, just wait. I’ll give you time after the quiz. Take out a pen/pencil. You will have 10 minutes to take the quiz. You will only use each name once! When you are finished, flip it over and wait.

Adventure Consultants Group 1996 (From left to right) Standing: John Taske, Stuart Hutchison, Helen Wilton, Beck Weathers, Lou Kasischke, Michael Groom. Seated: Doug Hansen, Susan Allen, Jon Krakauer, Andy Harris, Rob Hall, Frank Fischbeck, Yasuko Namba.

Camp 3 and the Geneva Spur

South Col

South Col at Night

Summit Push

The Balcony

Southeast Ridge

The Hillary Step

At the Summit

Journal #6 Avalanches and storms strike without warning, and no matter how competent a guide is, he or she cannot avoid these pitfalls. Believing that one has all aspects of summating Everest under control is detrimental to any climb; one cannot afford to lose any acuity or sense of the enormity of the risk. Explain at least 4 events/decisions that could have an impact on the descent.