Mountaineering
A few things I picked up from years of hiking and reading way too many climbing books.
- Slides
- 10
- Length
- About 6 min
Spoiler: show the questions 10 questions
- Who were the first people confirmed to stand on top of Mount Everest?
- In which year was that?
- What is the second highest mountain in the world?
- Sort these mountains from highest to lowest.
- Everest was first climbed without extra oxygen in 1978.
- Who was the first person to climb all fourteen mountains over 8000 m?
- The Eiger north face in Switzerland has a German nickname. What is it?
- What do climbers call the area above about 8000 m, where your body slowly gives up?
- The first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865 went wrong on the way down. How many of the seven climbers died?
- Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps.