Exploring the World of Mountaineering Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

as a Winchester schoolmaster, Robert Lock Graham Irving introduced George Mallory to mountaineering in the Alps.

E. S. Kennedy – a founding member of London's Alpine Club – proposed a modification to the mountaineering ice axe based on the American backwoodsman's axe.

despite his complete lack of mountaineering experience, the English adventurer Maurice Wilson reached an elevation of 22,700 feet (7,450 m) on his doomed solo attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1934.

historian Maurice Isserman, known for books on the Communist Party USA and the New Left, has refocused on the history of mountaineering in the Himalayas.

the three major peaks of the Tofane were first reached in 1863, 1864 and 1865 by Austrian mountaineer Paul Grohmann.

the Hausstock is part of the nummulite formation of the high Glarus Alps and was a popular European mountaineering destination before becoming a ski resort and firing range.

Polish mountaineer Tadeusz Piotrowski, one of the finest winter mountaineers of the 1970s and '80s, died during descent from K2, after completing the first and only ascent by the "South Face".

mountaineer William Woodman Graham had to abandon an expedition to Kanchenjunga when a porter accidentally burned his boots.

geology professor Lawrence Wager was an Arctic explorer and mountaineer who in 1933 reached the highest point yet climbed on Mount Everest.

Amherst College president Arthur Stanley Pease was an "indefatigable pedestrian" and mountaineer who studied plants in the White Mountains.

Japanese alpinist Ken Noguchi became the youngest person to scale the Seven Summits when he ascended Mt. Everest in 1999 at the age of 25.

mountaineer Barry Bishop, a member of the first American team to summit Mount Everest, lost all his toes to frostbite during the ascent.

mountaineer Ger McDonnell, the first Irish person to summit K2, brought a hurley to the summit of Mount Everest in 2003.

13-year-old Jordan Romero recently became the youngest mountaineer to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Exploring the World of Mountaineering

1 The ________ of Bolivia were first explored by Sir William Martin Conway in 1898.

2 The Rochemelon (3,538 m) in the Italian ________ was climbed in 1358.

3 ________ can be used everywhere snowshoes can and also in steeper, more alpine landscapes, although it takes considerable practice to develop strong skills for difficult terrain.

4 1938 saw the first ascent of the North Face of the ________ by Andreas Heckmair, Wiggerl Vorg, Fritz Kasperak and Heinrich Harrer.

5 In Europe the sport largely originated in the ________, and is still immensely popular there.

6 They may also have ascended the highest peak in the Andes, ________ (6,962 m) as a sacrifice victim has been found at over 5,000 m on this peak.

7 Summer thunderstorms may produce intense ________.

8 The use of ________ and rope were locally invented at this time.

9 The ________ followed, mainly owing to the initiative of D. W. Freshfield; it was first visited by exploring climbers in 1868, and most of its great peaks were climbed by 1888.

10 In a storm the mountaineer who uses a ________ for guidance has a great advantage over a merely empirical observer.

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