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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lhotse Face: April 29, 1996 - 23,400 Feet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people in Hall's group (besides Hall) have ever climbed above 8,000 feet?
(a) 1
(b) All
(c)
(d) 3

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

3. What is the only treatment for the illness mentioned in #91?
(a) Dangerous medications
(b) Decend to lower altitude
(c) Surgery
(d) Bedrest

4. What is the acronym for the illness Topche comes down with?
(a) AST
(b) HAPE
(c) APT
(d) HACE

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Krakauer impatient about as he runs out of oxygen?

3. How might the conditions at Lobuje be described?

4. Where does Krakauer land when he arrives in Nepal?

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

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