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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through South Col: 7:30 a.m., May 11, 1996 - 26,000 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the final destination of the first hike of the climbers in Rob Hall's group?
(a) Camp Two
(b) Camp One
(c) South Col
(d) Base Camp

2. Sherpas make up ______ of all deaths on Mount Everest, according to Krakauer.
(a) One third
(b) One half
(c) 90%
(d) Three quarters

3. Hall only makes his climbers hike a few miles a day because of the _______________.
(a) Bad weather
(b) Rough terrain
(c) Thin air
(d) Heat

4. Who is the person on Fischer's team who is a legend in Himalayan climbing?
(a) William Wilson
(b) Anatoli Bourkeev
(c) Schoening
(d) Neil Beidleman

5. Which team climber falls to the ground when he reaches the summit?
(a) Rob Hall
(b) Doug Hansen
(c) Sandy Pittman
(d) Joe Fischer

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the brain damage in the Sherpa?

3. What is so special about the man who is the answer to #27?

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

5. Krakauer considers himself to be _____ to think he has what it takes to climb Everest.

(see the answer key)

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