Q 01/05
A) The Nose
B) Freerider
C) The Dawn Wall
D) Zodiac
Answer · why
He climbed the 2,900-foot 5.13a route in 3 hours and 56 minutes with no rope.
Q 02/05
A) Best Documentary Feature
B) Best Cinematography
C) Best Original Score
D) Best Film Editing
Answer · why
Free Solo was directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who worried the cameras were adding pressure.
Q 03/05
A) Shoes and chalk
B) A single bolt per pitch
C) A harness but no rope
D) A helmet and crash pad
Answer · why
Ice climbers get the same deal with tools and crampons.
Q 04/05
A) About 1,500 feet
B) About 3,000 feet
C) About 5,000 feet
D) About 8,000 feet
Answer · why
The granite is about 100 million years old and unusually free of joints, which is why glaciers left it so sheer.
Q 05/05
A) 7 days
B) 19 days
C) 47 days
D) 100 days
Answer · why
They used siege tactics with fixed ropes over more than a year; the last push in November took a week.
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