QFTCI11 Game 9 Rounds 2-3: mountains and -eering

Mark Brader

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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-21,
and should be interpreted accordingly.

On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

I did not write either of these rounds.

* Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features

On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
and you give us the name from the list.

Abseil | Crampon | Névé
Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park
Arête | Crevasse | Piton
Belay | Fault | Prusik knot or hitch
Bergschrund | Gendarme | Quick draw
Bivouac | Glissade | Rappel
Caldera | Harness | Runner
Carabiner | Ice ax | Saddle
Cascade | Ice fall | Scree
Chimney | Ice screw | Serac
Cirque | Jumar | Sling
Clove hitch | Moraine | Strata
Col | Moulin | Summit
Couloir | Nut | Vent

1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried down by a glacier.

2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
upper part of a mountain.

9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
mass of ice.

10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

* Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering

You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
a term and you give us its name from the list.

1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
ice or snow.

6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
rope wrapped around your body.

7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
boots for climbing on ice.

10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
<answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
during difficult climbing.

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Marc Dashevsky

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Oct 5, 2011, 1:28:26 AM10/5/11

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In article <suqdnY-Sr8HfQxbT...@vex.net>, m...@vex.net says...

moraine

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

saddle

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

chimney

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.
>
> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

arête

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.
>
> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.
>
> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

piton

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

glissade

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.
>
> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

rappell

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

belay

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.
>
> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

crampon

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

carabiner

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Joshua Kreitzer

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Oct 5, 2011, 1:36:12 AM10/5/11

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On Oct 4, 11:34 pm, m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features
>
> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.

> 1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried down by a glacier.

cascade

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

couloir

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

moraine; col

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

crater; chimney

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

moraine; col

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

glissade; bergschrund

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

chimney; bergschrund

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

fault; bergschrund

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>

> Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

piton; crampon

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

abseil; belay

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

alpine butterfly knot; clove hitch

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

belay; abseil

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

rappel

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

jumar; bergschrund

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

jumar; bergschrund

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

nut; cirque

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Dan Blum

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Oct 5, 2011, 1:12:01 PM10/5/11

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Mark Brader <m...@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features

> Abseil | Crampon | N?v?

> Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park

> Ar?te | Crevasse | Piton

moraine; cascade

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

saddle

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

col

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

vent

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

arete
(I can't see what the third letter actually is)

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

bergschrund; fault

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

glissade

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

chimney

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering

> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

piton

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

neve
(I can't see either vowel)

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Alpine butterfly knot

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

abseil; rappel

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

belay

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

crampon

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

crampon

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

carabiner

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Pete

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:suqdnY-
Sr8HfQxbTnZ2...@vex.net:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-21,
> and should be interpreted accordingly.
>
> On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give
> both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.
> Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,
> based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote
> the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal
> the correct answers in about 3 days. For further information see
> my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
> Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".
>
> I did not write either of these rounds.
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features
>
> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.
>
> Abseil | Crampon | Névé
> Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park

> Aręte | Crevasse | Piton

Moraine

>
> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

Saddle

>
> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

Arete

>
> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

Chimney; Vent

>
> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

Scree

>
> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

Crevasse

>
> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

Cirque; Couloir

>
> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

Bergschrund; Abseil

>
> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

Abseil

>
> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

Crater

>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

Piton

>
> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

Bivouac

>
> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

Glissade

>
> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Clove hitch

>
> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

Piton

>
> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

Rappel

>
> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

Belay

>
> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

Piton

>
> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

Crampon

>
> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

Carabiner

>

Pete

Erland Sommarskog

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Moraine

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

Saddle

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

Summit

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

Cascade

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

Moraine

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

Chimney

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

Crevasse

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

Scree

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

Ice fall

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

Couloir

> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

Nut

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

Bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

Glissade

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Alpine butterfly know

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

Ice Screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

Svree

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

Sling

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

Clove hitch

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

Jumar

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

Carabiner

--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se

Rob Parker

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> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features
>
> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.
>
> Abseil | Crampon | Névé
> Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park

> Aręte | Crevasse | Piton

Moraine

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

Col

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

Chimney; Summit

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

Moulin

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

Scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

Crevasse

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

Aręte

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

Ice fall; Cascade

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

Ice fall; Cascade

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

Couloir

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>

> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

Piton

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

Bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

Glissade

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Alpine butterfly knot; Prusik knot or hitch

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

Ice screw

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

Rappel

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

Belay

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

Nut

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

Crampon

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

Carabiner

Rob

Calvin

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Scree

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

Col, Crampon

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

Summit

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

Ice fall, Ice screw

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

Scree

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

Crevasse, Fault

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

Runner, Serac

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

Crevasse, Fault

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

Ice fall, Sling

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

Runner, Vent

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

Arete, nut

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

Bivouac

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

Ice fall, runner

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Clove hitch, Prusik

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

Arete, nut

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

Cascade, Ice fall

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

Arete, nut

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

Arete, nut

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

Serac, Crampon

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

Serac, Crampon

Boy they were hard work!

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cheers,
calvin

Mark Brader

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Mark Brader:

> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2011-03-21,

> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information

> see my 2011-09-22 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI11, QFTCIMM)".

> I did not write either of these rounds.

In fact, as you might guess, the same member of my team wrote both
of them. His original draft asked people to define the terms and
would have been both harded and hard to score consistently;
I flipped it around to make it multiple-choice before the original
game. Still, Round 2 was tied with the audio round as the hardest
in the original game.

> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features

> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.

> Abseil | Crampon | N�v�

> Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park

> Ar�te | Crevasse | Piton

One of the most popular wrong answers on several questions was
"cascade"; that's a stream that flows down the side of a mountain,
similar to a waterfall but without any significant vertical drops.

> 1. An accumulation of rocks and debris carried down by a glacier.

Moraine. 4 for Marc, Pete, Erland, and Rob. 3 for Dan.

> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

Col or saddle. 4 for Marc, Dan, Pete, Erland, and Rob. 3 for Calvin.

> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

Gendarme.

> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

Moulin. 4 for Rob.

> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

Scree. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, Pete, Rob, and Calvin.

> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

Crevasse. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, Pete, and Rob. 3 for Calvin.

> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

Ar�te. 4 for Marc, Dan, and Rob.

> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

Bergschrund. 3 for Dan and Pete. 2 for Joshua.

> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

Ice fall. 4 for Erland. 3 for Rob and Calvin.

> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

Couloir. 4 for Erland and Rob.

> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering

> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.

> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

Piton ("PEE-tonn"). 4 for Marc, Dan, Pete, and Rob. 3 for Joshua.

> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

Bivouac. 4 for everyone -- Marc, Joshua, Dan, Pete, Erland, Rob,
and Calvin.

> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

Glissade. 4 for Marc, Pete, Erland, and Rob.

> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Prusik knot or hitch. 2 for Rob. 1 for Calvin.

> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

Ice screw. 4 for Marc, Joshua, Dan, Erland, and Rob.

> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

Abseil ("AB-zile") or rappel ("repel"). 4 for Marc, Dan (the hard
way), Pete, and Rob. 1 for Joshua.

> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

Belay. 4 for Marc, Dan, Pete, and Rob.

> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

Nut. 4 for Rob. 2 for Calvin.

> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

Crampon ("CRAMP-on"). 4 for Marc, Dan, Pete, and Rob. 2 for Calvin.

> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

Carabiner ("ka-ruh-BEEN-er"). 4 for Marc, Dan, Pete, Erland, and Rob.

Scores, if there are no errors:

ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Sci Spo
Rob Parker 31 38 69
Marc Dashevsky 20 32 52
Dan Blum 22 28 50
Pete Gayde 19 28 47
Erland Sommarskog 16 16 32
Joshua Kreitzer 10 12 22
"Calvin" 13 9 22

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Dan Tilque

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Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 9, Round 2 - Mountain Features
>
> On the handout list below, you will find the names of several types
> of mountain features. On each question we give you a description
> and you give us the name from the list.
>
> Abseil | Crampon | Névé
> Alpine butterfly knot | Crater | Park

> Aręte | Crevasse | Piton

moraine

>
> 2. A pass or low point on a ridge.

saddle

>
> 3. A rock pinnacle obtruding from a ridge.

berschrund

>
> 4. A vertical hole in a glacier that takes surface meltwater
> to the bottom to run off beneath the glacier.

jumar

>
> 5. Loose gravel-like rock on a steep slope.

scree

>
> 6. A deep fissure in a glacier caused by its downward movement.

crevasse

>
> 7. A sharp rock or snow ridge.

col

>
> 8. The gap or crevasse where a glacier tears away from the
> upper part of a mountain.

fault

>
> 9. A very steep section of a glacier, forming a wildly jumbled
> mass of ice.

aręte

>
> 10. An open gully leading up to a ridge or a col.

chimney

>
>
> * Game 9, Round 3 - Mountaineering
>
> You aren't done with the handout from the science round, because
> the sports round is about mountaineering. Once again, we'll describe
> a term and you give us its name from the list.
>
> 1. A metal spike hammered into a rock crack to support a rope.

piton

>
> 2. To spend a night in the open on a mountain.

bivouac

>
> 3. To slide down steep snow on your feet.

glissade

>
> 4. A special knot used to assist in the ascent on a fixed rope.

Prusik knot

>
> 5. A device like a(n) <answer 1>, but which is screwed into
> ice or snow.

ice screw

>
> 6. To let yourself down a steep place using a supplementary
> rope wrapped around your body.

rappel

>
> 7. To secure a rope by hitching it over a projection, attaching
> it to a(n) <answer 1>, or passing it around your body.

belay

>
> 8. A mechanical device with a short metal cable attached. It is
> jammed into a wide crack for security, like a(n) <answer 1>.

ice ax

>
> 9. A metal frame with spikes affixed, which is attached to
> boots for climbing on ice.

crampon

>
> 10. A metal snap-ring usually used in connection with a(n)
> <answer 1>, through which a rope may be passed for security
> during difficult climbing.

carabiner

--
Dan Tilque

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Someplace where no one will notice a teenage schoolgirl bound and gagged.
Sabine: I'll start near the hentai bookstore and work my way out.
-- Rich Burlew, OotS#258

Mark Brader

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