Q 01/05

Göran Kropp, the Swedish soloist of Into Thin Air, got from Stockholm to Nepal mainly by what means?

A) By motorcycle

B) By bicycle

C) By camper van

D) By sea kayak

Answer · why

B) By bicycle

By bicycle, Göran Kropp hauled 108 kg of food and gear some 13,000 km toward Everest. He then climbed it alone, without bottled oxygen or Sherpa suppo...

Q 02/05

Dying high on Everest, Rob Hall was patched through by radio and satellite phone to speak with whom?

A) His pregnant wife

B) His elderly mother

C) His twin brother

D) His young son

Answer · why

A) His pregnant wife

His pregnant wife, Jan Arnold, took the call at home, and the couple chose a name for their unborn child. Arnold, a doctor, had stood on Everest's sum...

Q 03/05

What did Beck Weathers do on Everest hours after teammates had judged him beyond saving?

A) Dug a snow cave

B) Radioed Base Camp for rescue

C) Walked back to camp alone

D) Lit a signal flare

Answer · why

C) Walked back to camp alone

Beck Weathers walked back to camp alone, after lying unconscious in the snow through a night of storm. Frostbite later cost him his nose, his right ha...

Q 04/05

Which magazine sent Jon Krakauer to Everest in 1996, an assignment that grew into Into Thin Air?

A) Outside

B) Men's Journal

C) National Geographic

D) Backpacker

Answer · why

A) Outside

Outside published his article in September 1996, and the book followed a year later. Rival leaders Rob Hall and Scott Fischer had each wanted the jour...

Q 05/05

Which country was home to Rob Hall, the Adventure Consultants leader who died high on Everest?

A) Australia

B) New Zealand

C) Canada

D) Great Britain

Answer · why

B) New Zealand

New Zealand produced Rob Hall, who had just made his fifth Everest ascent, then more than any other non-Sherpa. He charged $65,000 a head and still ha...