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Quiz
- Which New Zealander reached the summit of Mount Everest on 29 May 1953?
- Name the Sherpa that became a household name after conquering Mount Everest in 1953?
- Which English actor, presenter and mountaineer was nicknamed "Big Yeti" on an Everest expedition in 1993?
- Which mountaineer climbed The Old Man of Hoy in Scotland to mark his 80th birthday in 2014?
- Which poet climbed to the summit of Ben Nevis in 1818, describing his journey as "mounting 10 St Paul’s without the convenience of a staircase"?
- Which Japanese piano teacher became the first woman to climb Everest in 1975?
- Englishman Edward Whymper is best known for the first ascent of which mountain in 1865?
- On 16 May 1998, which now household name achieved his childhood dream of climbing to the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 23?
- Hans Meyer became the first person to climb which mountain in 1889?
- Which British explorer and mountaineer went missing on an expedition to Mount Everest in 1924? His body was discovered on Mount Everest in 1999.
- Which American rock climber rose to prominence in 2017 when he became the first person to free solo El Capitan in Yosemite National Park?
Answers
- Sir Edmund Hillary
- Tenzing Norgay
- Brian Blessed
- Chris Bonington
- John Keats
- Junko Tabei
- Matterhorn
- Bear Grylls
- Kilimanjaro
- George Mallory
- Alex Honnold