Within Reach- Chapter 1-4 Vocabulary

The height of an object above sea level

• visa

• acclimate

• summit

• altittude

When the body loses heat faster than it can produces heat.

• frostbite

• hypothermia

• antidiarrheal

To travel across or through

• traverse

• summit

• descent

A building occupied by a community of monks

• convent

• temple

• monastery

Taken or seized with authority

• rappel

• intricate

• confiscate

Himalayan people known for their mountain climbing skills.

• Monks

• Sherpas

• Dalai Lama

Metal plate fixed with spikes on bottom of boot, used when ice climbing

• rappel

• crampons

• traverse

someone who takes a long, difficult journey

• trekker

• Sherpa

• insane

Condition that causes fluid in the lungs

• hypothermia

• frostbite

• pulmonary edema

to become used to your surroundings, such as adjusting to atitutde

• traverse

• acclimate

• descent