Test over PEAK study guides 4, 5 and 6

What did Peak mean when he said, “I would have liked it better if he had come to New York to save me because I was in trouble, not because he was in trouble.”

• Peak liked being rescued by his dad.

• His father was in deep debt and needed money – if Peak made the climb successfully he would be rich

• Peaks knew that his dad would do anything to help his son

• Peaks dad went to New York because he wanted to not because he wanted to.

Why were they keeping Peak’s attempt to summit a secret?

• They didn't want his mom to know. She may have tried to stop them.
• They were worried that Sun-jo might beat him to the summit 
• They didn't want bad publicity if Peak failed to make it to the summit.
• Chinese – if they found out about putting a 14year old, they would pull the climbing permit; could not have an American beat their own record. 

 What got you out of the “death zone”?

• Not going there in the first place
• Running as fast as you could in your crampons
• Your blood oxygenation and luck; fitness level helped
• Fancy equipment and a great Sherpa

What is “self-arrest”?

• If you started sliding down the mountain you better know how to dig your crampons and axe into the ice to stop your self and hand on for deal life. 
• When you surrender yourself to the police after you have committed a crime
• When your blood oxygen levels drop dangerously low, usually the first sign of HAPE
• What happens to anyone to ill to complete the climb to the summit

What does the phrase, “climb high, sleep low” mean?

• You need to climb as high as you possibly could each day and then find a low place to sleep

• To climb to approx 1000 feet a day is OK as long as you come back down and sleep at a lower altitude

• When climbing you don't want to sleep on the top bunk. Always choose the bottom bunk instead.

• Climbing on the highest part of the mountain will allow you to sleep so soundly at night that they call it sleeping low

What does "climb high sleep low" mean?

• when you are able to breathe in thinner air at higher altitudes
• message to God that hangs on the top of a mountain
• Going slow to avoid HAPE
• sickness caused by fluid in the lungs at high altitudes

Who is the reporter everyone at base camp does not like?

• Holly

• Harry

• Hector

• Hilda

What is a Gamow bag?

• A bag that helps you breathe if you get HAPE
• A bag that climbers use to carry equipment 
• A bag that has chalk in it
• a bag of food

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How has Holly Angelo changed since arriving on Everest?

• She’s actually become even more annoying.

• She’s become less selfish, and took care of Peak and Sun-jo when they were sick.

• She’s become less selfish, and has started a Sherpa choir to raise money for Tibet.

What is the name of Peak's Dads business?

• Peak Experience
• Peak International
• Mountain Top
• High Hopes

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