Himalayan Mountaineering - A quiz Mountaineering has been a popular sport in the Himalayas from the early decades of this century. It is a sport that takes stretches one to the limits - physical, mental and emotional. Successful mountaineers have often become national heroes in their countries. Test your knowledge about this amazing sport. There are ten questions. You are eligible for a prize if you score 7 or more. Your full name: Your E-mail address: 1. Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mount Everest on his first attempt on the mountain peak. True False 2. Who was the first Nepali woman to climb Mount Everest? Ang Lima Pasang Lhamu Junkho Tabei none of the above 3. Which was the first 8000m peak climbed by man? Dhaulagiri Mount Everest Kanchenjunga Annapurna 4. Who was the first person to climb all the fourteen 8000m peaks in the world? Sir Edmund Hillary Chris Bonington Reinhold Messner Jerzy Krukucza 5. Who was the popular British mountaineer who withdrew from the historical British Everest expedition of 1953 when he was removed from leadership? Bill Tilman Raymond Lambert Eric Shipton none of the above 6. Has someone been able to climb Mount Everest solo without carrying artifical oxygen? Yes No 7. The holy peak in Nepal, Machhapuchhare, is out of bounds for climbers. But for a short time, mountaineers were allowed to climb it. Who was the first man to reach the summit of this peak? Reinhold Messner Stephen Venables Tenzing Norgay none of the above 8. The British mountaineer George Mallory died while attempting to climb the Kanchenjunga. True False 9. Who holds the record of climbing Mt Everest the highest number of times? Ang Phurba Ang Rita Pertemba None of the above 10. Referring to the tremendous amount of litter that mountaineering expeditions leave behind, a certain place in the Himalayas was recently called "the highest junkyard on earth". Which was this place? summit of Mount Everest South Col of Everest North Col of Everest Everest Base Camp