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Peak By Roland Smith

Peak By Roland Smith. Be ready for the most amazing slideshow of your life!. By Thomas Derr. Altitude. The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level. Shale.

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Peak By Roland Smith

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  1. PeakBy Roland Smith Be ready for the most amazing slideshow of your life! By Thomas Derr

  2. Altitude • The height of an object or point in relation to sea level or ground level

  3. Shale • Soft, finely stratified sedimentary rock that formed from consolidated mud or clay and can be split easily into fragile slabs.

  4. Hillary Step • The narrow pathway linking the southeast summit of Mount Everest to the top

  5. Summit • The highest point of a hill or mountain

  6. Frostbite • Injury to body tissues caused by exposure to extreme cold

  7. Sherpa • A member of a Himalayan people living on the borders of Nepal and Tibet, renowned for their skill in mountaineering

  8. Yak • A large domesticated wild ox with shaggy hair, humped shoulders, and large horns, used in Tibet as a pack animal.

  9. Porter • A person employed to carry luggage and other loads

  10. South Summit • The last place to change bottles of oxygen before making the final push for the summit

  11. Southeast Ridge • One of the more popular routes taken by climbers

  12. Cornice • An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a mountain precipice

  13. The Balcony

  14. South Col • The South Col is situated between the peaks of Everest and is where climbers will rest.

  15. Short-roping • Short-roping is between two climbers and they tie themselves together with a rope.

  16. Buttress • A projecting support of stone or brick built against a wall

  17. Rappel To descend a rock face or other near-vertical surface by using a doubled rope coiled around the body and fixed at a higher point

  18. Crampon • A metal plate with spikes fixed to a boot for walking on ice or rock climbing

  19. Base Camp • A camp from which mountaineering expeditions set out.

  20. Advanced Base Camp

  21. Camp 2

  22. Camp 3

  23. Camp 4

  24. Camp 5

  25. Camp 6

  26. Kathmandu

  27. Final Pyramid

  28. East Rongbuk Glacier

  29. Yellow Band

  30. Green Boots

  31. Outcrop

  32. Aluminum Ladders

  33. Friendship Bridge

  34. Prayer Flags

  35. The Trough

  36. Kilimanjaro

  37. Mount McKinley

  38. Balaclava

  39. Changtse

  40. Changzheng

  41. Lixin

  42. K2 • One of the most dangerous mountains to climb and is the 2nd highest and located in Pakistan

  43. Sirdar • A leader of a group, usually a native

  44. Toboggan • A sled used to transport people over snow

  45. Rongbuk Glacier • A glacier that is located in the Himalaya of southern Tibet where the East and West Rongbuk Glaciers meet and form one.

  46. Gamow Bag • Gamow Bag is to help people who suffer from HAPE, it is a pressurized bag that puts the air pressure to sea level.

  47. Cairn • A mound of rough stones built as a memorial or landmark, typically on a hilltop or skyline

  48. Puja

  49. Crevasse

  50. Tibet

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