Into+Thin+Air

Quiz
He had climbing experience, but little at high altitudes. Rob Hall Ang Dorje Since 1992 Sterling—in five years, Hall guided thirty-nine clients to the peak. The men were friends and climbing companions, but competitors for the same business. Jon Krakauer Anatoli Boukreev Yasuko Namba Andy Harris **11.Why does Lopsang Sherpa refuse to deliver oxygen to Hall and Hansen who are stranded on the summit?** As Fischer's Sherpa, he wants to find and assist Fischer. He will not leave Doug Hansen, who is too incapacitated to climb down on his own. Martin Adams 14. Who does Jon encounter on his way down from the summit waiting for a guide because his eyesight is poor? Beck Weathers 15. Who was the first group to have an attempt at the summit the day that Jon's group was to go? The Montenigrins
 * 1.What was Krakauer's climbing experience prior to Everest?**
 * 2.Who was Krakauer's head guide?**
 * 3.Who was Rob Hall's main Sherpa?**
 * 4.How long had Rob Hall been guiding at Adventure Consultants?**
 * 5.How was Rob Hall's track record as a guide?**
 * 6.How would you characterize Rob Hall and Scott Fischer's relationship?**
 * 7.Which of the following people reached the summit by 2:00 pm, the turn-around time?**
 * 8.Which of the guides descends the summit long before the clients?**
 * 9.Which of the following clients is //not// later rescued by Anatoli Boukreev?**
 * 10.Who, suffering from hypoxia, tells the climbers that the oxygen canisters at the South Summit are empty?**
 * 12.Why won't Hall leave the summit, even though he knows that staying will probably result in death?**
 * 13.Whom does Krakauer mistake for Andy Harris the night they descend from the summit?**