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| who wrote PEAK | Roland Smith |
| who is the main character | Peak Marcello |
| what other names were Peak's parents thinking about naming him | Glacier, Abyss or Crampon |
| Who is Peak's literary mentor (English Teacher) | Vincent |
| Where is Peak when he begins writing his year-end assignment from Vincent | in the back of a Toyota pickup in Tibet |
| what does Vincent say a good writer should do to draw the reader in | start in the middle of the story with a hook |
| where is Peak in the "Hook" | climbing a wall |
| what month is it | March |
| what are his 3 options | 1-finish the climb 2-climb down 3-wait for rescue |
| what snag does Peak hit | his ear and cheek are frozen to the wall |
| how did Peak "tag" the wall | blue spry paint on a stencil of a mountain |
| what happened when he tagged the wall | a helicopter came up behind him |
| who was in the helicopter | the police |
| where was the wall | a skyscraper 800 feet above the street |
| what did the police want Peak to do | grab the robe they threw down from the top |
| how far from the top was Peak | 4 feet |
| what were the police wearing | SWAT gear and NYPD baseball caps |
| who was in the lobby of the building when Peak came dow | reporters |
| what is tagging | spray painting graffiti |
| how many skyscrapers had Peak climbed and tagged | 6 |
| how many had he planned to climb | 9 |
| what was the worst part of getting caught | the mystery was gone - now everyone knew Peak was the tagger |
| what was the name of the building where Peak was caught climbing | Woolworth Building |
| who was at a reception at the Woolworth building | the mayor |
| where ware they taking Peak | JDC (Juvenile Detention Center) |
| what did the newpapers call Peak | Spider Boy, Fly Boy, The Gecko Kid |
| who went to visit Peak at JDC | Vincent |
| what did Vincent bring Peak | books to read and Moleskin notebooks |
| where does Peak go to school | Greene Street School (GSS) |
| what kids go to GSS | 100 students K to high school - prodigies |
| how did Peak get in | stepfather , Rolf Young |
| what is Peak's talent | writer |
| what do his twin sisters do | piano wizards |
| what is Peak's assignment for the end of the year | write a story in the Moleskins |
| who was Peak's second visitor | his mom |
| what was Paula and Patrice's nickname | Pea-Pea |
| why were they call Pea-Pea | because they were twins and two peas in a pod |
| who was the 3rd Pea | Peak |
| what happed while Peak was in JDC | a boy fell from the Flatiron Building |
| who else was in the courtroom beside Peak's mom, stefather and sisters | his dad |
| what is Peak's dad's name | Joshua Wood -greatest mountaineer in the world |
| how long had it been since Peak had seen his dad | 7 years |
| how does Peak plead to all the charges | not guilty |
| where does the judge send the twins so they can talk | to get ice cream |
| what was the plea bargain offered | 2 years with 6 months off for good behavior |
| how many adults had been arrested for climbing skyscrapers before Peak | 15 in the last 5 years |
| what is Peak's lawyer's suggestion instead of jail | live with his father |
| what was the judge's sentence | probation until 18, $150,000 fine held in escrow until he finishes probation |
| when were the twins were born | on Peak's 8th birthday |
| where is Peak going to live with his father | Thailand |
| what did Peak do with his suit at the airport | threw it in the garbage can |
| what did Peak's mom do when she was with his dad | she was also a mountain climber |
| where was Peak's dad the night Peak was born | Annapurna |
| how old was Peak when his dad first took him climbing | 5 years old |
| what did Peak do in the summer when his mom first married Rolf | climbing camps |
| what is the name of the doctor Peak saw in Bangkok | Dr. Woo |
| where did Peak and his dad go after Bangkok | Kathmandu |
| what is their second stop after Kathmandu | Everest |
| how old do you have to be to climb Everest from the Nepal side | 16 |
| Which sid of Everest are the going to climb | the north side in Tibet |
| why does Peak's dad want him to climb Everest | he'd be the youngest person ever to stand above 29,000 feet |
| how many clients were waiting at Base Camp for Josh | 25 clients, 15 Sherpas, 50 porters and their yaks |
| why does Peak need to stay in Kathmandu | to acclimatize |
| what does acclimatize mean | get used to the thin air |
| what is HAPE | mountain sickness or High Altitude Pulmonary Edema |
| how do you get HAPE | climbing up the mountain too fast and not getting used to the thinner air |
| what happens when you get HAPE | your lungs fill with fluid, you can't breathe, you go into a coma, then you die |
| how is HAPE treated | you get to a lower level where there is more oxygen |
| what are O's | oxygen |
| how high is Base camp | 18,000 ft |
| who will take Peak up to Base Camp | Zopa |
| who is Zopa | he used to be a sirdar - head Sherpa- a friend of Josh |
| who are the Sherpas | mountain people who live on the slopes of the Himalayas |
| what does Zopa do now | he is a Buddhist monk |
| who did Zopa send to get Peak | Sun-Jo |
| what happened to Sun-Jo's father | he died on K2 |
| what is K2 | K stands for Karakoram and 2 is the second peak |
| who discovered K2 | T.G.Montgomery in 1957 |
| how tall is the summit of K2 | 28.250 feet |
| what do the Nepalese call Everest | Sagarmatha |
| why should you not use gear from the dead | bad luck |
| who were the brothers that left Kathmandu with Peak, Zopa and Sun-Jo | Yogi and Yash |
| what mountains had Peak climbed | Mt McKinley & Mt. Ranier |
| why did Zopa say Peak and Sun-jo had to walk because the truck was full | he wanted Peak to hike with a full back pack to build up his strength |
| what is the name of the bridge that crosses from Tibet to Nepal | Friendship Bridge |
| what happened when they finally got to Base Camp | Josh got in a fight with one of his clients |
| why did Josh and George fight | Josh wouldn't let him fo on up the mountain |
| what is wrong with George | he has a heart murmur |
| who is Captain Shek | the Chinese officer who checks visas and passports |
| what is the name of Josh's adventure travel company | Peak Experience |
| who is the youngest person to reach the top of Everest | a 15 yr. Old Nepalese grl named Ming Kipa Sherpa |
| why did Peak's dad bring him to Nepal | he wants Peak to be the youngest peson at 14 to reach the top of Everest |
| who is Holly Angelo | a reporter who want the exclusive story of Peak's climb |
| how many clients does Josh have at Base Camp | 7 women and 16 men |
| how many of Josh's clients have signed up for the summit attempt | 10 |
| what is ABC | Advance Base Camp - the next permanent camp up the north side of the mountain |
| what is self-arrest | stopping yourself if you start sliding down an icy slope |
| how do you self-arrest | use your crampons or your ax to stop the slide |
| how long does it take to get from base Camp to ABC | 3days and 2 nights |
| how long will they stay at ABC | 2 nights and then come back down to Base camp |
| what is the puja ceremony | a Buddhist blessing ritual |
| what colors are the prayer flags | red, green,yellow, blue & white |
| what do the colors of the prayer flags mean | they represent the earth's 5 elements -fire,wood,earth,water & iron |
| how do the prayer flags work | as the flags flutter in the wind they release the prayers written on them & pacify the gods |
| what is a Gamow Bag | an airtight body bag invented by Igor Gamow in the 1980s |
| how does a Gamow Bag work | you zip the victim in the bag, pump it full of air until it's about same pressure as it would be at sea level and the climber can breathe again |
| how many camps were there on the way to ABC | 2 -an intermediate camp and Camp Two |
| when do climbers start sucking Os | when they get to Camp Five |
| who is going to take Peak and the film crew up to ABC | Zopa |
| how high is ABC | 21,00 feet |
| who got the clothes Zopa said were too small for Peak | Sun-jo |
| what did each yak carry up the mountain | 100 pounds of supplies & their own fodder |
| why are the herders and the yaks important | they carry most of the stuff for the climbers |
| where was the camp located | at the edge of an unstable cliff above a roaring glacier |
| what does the saying 'climb high,sleep low" mean | your body keeps producing red blood cells to protect your body from the thin air even when you're resting |
| why couldn't Peak do the interview | he lost his voice |
| who did JR interview in Peak's place | Sun-Jo |
| where is Camp Two located | at the junction of two glaciers-East Rongbuk & Beifeng |
| what is the Trough | a depression that sits between 2 rows of jagged ice pinnacles that looked like giant canine teeth |
| what does Zopa want for Sun-jo | to reach the summit before his 15th birthday |
| what could happen to Sun-jo if the Chinese find out his papers are forged | he could go to prison |
| how many teams were going to try for the summit | 3 - A.B.and C |
| who were on the C team | Peak, Sun-jo, the film crew, Holly, led by Zopa, Yogi and Yash |
| why was C team getting the first shot at the summit | they wanted to get to the top before Peak's 15th birthday |
| how far up has JR gotten before | just past Camp Six |
| what does JR want Peak to do | learn to use the minicamera so he can tape the summit |
| how many times has JR been to Everest | 3 |
| why does Zopa want Sun-jo to reach the summit | so that he can go back to school |
| why did Sun-jo have to climb with the porters | so that the Chinese Captain Shek would not bother to check his papers |
| how did Sun-jo climb up the mountain | he rode Gulu's yak underneath the hay |
| how did C team sleep the first night | they had to carve sleeping platforms into the ice |
| why are climbers on their own above Camp Five | there is little chance of rescue- the air is too thin for a helicopter- if you die your corpse stays there forever |
| why do the Sherpas carry the gear to Camps Four, Five and Six | the yaks could not go much past ABC |
| what is the Col | a pass between two peaks |
| how high was the Col | 22.965 ft - 7,000 meters |
| what is a serac | ice towers |
| what is a jumar | a mechanical ascender with a handle that slides up the rope & grabs on so you have something to hold on to as you pull yourself up |
| after they got back down to ABC who left to go back home | Holly |
| why was Captain Shek checking climber as they came back to base camp | he was looking for Sun-jo |
| how many climbers were injured and needed to be picked up by helicopter from Camp Four | 3 |
| who was on the helicopter besides the pilot | Captain Shek |
| what happened to Zopa | Captain Shek arrested him |
| how many of the injured clibers could go in the helicopter with the pilot, Captain Shek and Zopa | 4 |
| who did Peak call when he got down to Base Camp | his mom |
| why is Josh letting Sun-jo try for the summit | Sun-jo's dad Ki-tar saved Josh's life on K2 & then died |
| what was the reaction of Josh's clients when they found out Peak was going to try for the summit | thye were angry and refused to climb with him |
| what did Peak's prayer glag look like | a yellow flag with a mountain drawn with a blue Sharpie |
| what do you do with the prayer flag | on the summit is apole buried in the ice with a metal wire hanging from it with dozens of prayer flags beaten by the winds. |
| how many climbers reached the summit from the north side | 9 |
| why was Peak angry at Josh | Josh told him he couldn't climb to the summit but he had to go to Kathmandu |
| what really happened | Zopa was going to take them to ABC using a different route so Captain Shek would stop looking for them and Josh's clients wouldn't get angry |
| what was Zopa's "shortcut" to ABC like | 10 times more diffficult than the regular route |
| what was the first obstacle on Zopa's "shortcut" | a field of jagged ice sticking out of the ground like Shark teeth |
| who asaved Sun-jo when he almost fell on the ice wall | Peak |
| why can't Zopa and the boys stay in any of the regular camps | Captain Shek and the Chinese Army are looking for them so they have to set up alternate campsites |
| how are they getting down from the summti | on the south side into Nepal |
| why can't Zopa take the boys up to the summit | he has the virus that has been going around the camp |
| who will take the boys up to the summit | Yogi and Yash |
| how did they get into Camp Four without anyone seeing them | they climbed the ice wall at night |
| how long did climbers have to leave Camp Six, reach the summit and retur | 18 hours |
| how high was Camp Five | 25,196 feet |
| what did they get at Camp Five that helped them | oxygen |
| what did they pass along the way that made Peak wonder if it was worth it to reach the summit | corpses |
| how high is the "death Zone" | above 26,000 feet |
| how many steps did it take to reach the summit | 3 |
| why did Peak not want to finnish the climb to the summit | he wanted Sun-jo to do it for him and his sisters |
| who climbed to the summit with Sun-jo | Yash |
| what did Peak ask Sun-jo to do when he got to the top | tie Peak's prayer flag to the flag pole |
| how far was Peak from the summit when he decided not to go | 10 feet |
| where did Peak tell Josh he wanted to go when he came down from Everest | New York |
| why did Peak want to go home to New York | he wanted to be there for his and the twins birthday |
| What were some of the names that Peak's parents wanted to name him? | Glacier, Abyss, Crampon |
| Who is Peak's literary mentor? | Vincent |
| How many sister does Peak have? | 2 |
| What school does Peak go to? | Green Street School (GSS) |
| What were Peak's sisters names? | Patrice and Paula |
| How long would Peak stay in jail after the Flatiron accident? | 3 years and 3 months |
| What is Peak's father's name? | Joshua Wood |
| What is Peak's favorite flavor of ice cream? | Strawberry |
| How much did the court fine cost Peak? | 150,000 dollars |
| How much money do the twins have? | sixty-four dollars and thirty-five cents |
| How old was Peak when his sisters were born? | 8 years old |
| How old was Peak when his real dad first saw him? | 3 months old |
| How old is the youngest person to climb Everest? | 15 years old |
| What does HAPE stand for? | high altitude pumonary edema |
| what does O's mean? | Oxygen |
| what year was K2 discovered? | 1856 |
| what does K2 stand for? | K - Karakorm 2 - the second peak Mongomery listed on his survey |
| What kind of accent does Sun-jo have? | British/Indian |
| What kind of accent does Peak have? | Bronx/Cody, Wyoming |
| How high was Base Camp? | 18,044 ft. |
| What is the name of the youngest person to ever reach the top of Everest? | Ming Kipa Sherpa |
| How was Holly Angelo described? | like a redheaded scarecrow dressed in a pink goose down |
| what were the names of the film crew? | JR, Will, Jack |
| What did Zopa bring to sell to the Sherpas? | cigarettes |
| What was the puja ceremony? | A buddhist blessing ritual |
| Why did Peak and Sun-jo want to leave before the porters? | so they wouldn't step in yak dung |
| At what altitude is ABC? | 21,161 feet |
| how many letters did Paula and Patrice send to Peak? | 5 |
| How did Sun-Jo get back into Tibet? | forged documents |
| Who were the people on the C team? | Sun-Jo, Peak, the film crew and Holly |
| Why did Zopa climb? | So Sun-Jo wouldn't become a Sherpa |
| What was the name of the captain that questioned Peak as to "the other boy's whereabouts at Camp Four? | Captain Shek |
| Who gave up going to the summit after all declaring "too clos. Not in me this year" after making it all the way to Camp Four? | Holly |
| Why did Peak's mother say she finally quit climbing? | because of him |
| What terrible news did Peak get right before the taems were heading out to the summit? | that he would not be able to attempt it and he would have to try again next year |
| What were the three things the Chinese soldiers arrived on the mountain to check for each climber? | their papers - passport, visa and permit |
| From Camp 6, how long do you have to safely reach the summit and return? | 18 hours |
| What time did Peak finally set out for the summit an dhow long did he have to get there? | 1:35 am - 12 hours to get there |
| What was the date that Peak climbed for the Summit? | 13-May |
| What are the flags called on the mountain? | Prayer flags |
| What were some of the names that Peak's parents wanted to name him? | Glacier, Abyss, Crampon |
| Who is Peak's literary mentor? | Vincent |
| How many sister does Peak have? | 2 |
| What school does Peak go to? | Green Street School (GSS) |
| What were Peak's sisters names? | Patrice and Paula |
| How long would Peak stay in jail after the Flatiron accident? | 3 years and 3 months |
| What is Peak's father's name? | Joshua Wood |
| What is Peak's favorite flavor of ice cream? | Strawberry |
| How much did the court fine cost Peak? | 150,000 dollars |
| How much money do the twins have? | sixty-four dollars and thirty-five cents |
| How old was Peak when his sisters were born? | 8 years old |
| How old was Peak when his real dad first saw him? | 3 months old |
| How old is the youngest person to climb Everest? | 15 years old |
| What does HAPE stand for? | high altitude pumonary edema |
| what does O's mean? | Oxygen |
| what year was K2 discovered? | 1856 |
| what does K2 stand for? | K - Karakorm 2 - the second peak Mongomery listed on his survey |
| What kind of accent does Sun-jo have? | British/Indian |
| What kind of accent does Peak have? | Bronx/Cody, Wyoming |
| How high was Base Camp? | 18,044 ft. |
| What is the name of the youngest person to ever reach the top of Everest? | Ming Kipa Sherpa |
| How was Holly Angelo described? | like a redheaded scarecrow dressed in a pink goose down |
| what were the names of the film crew? | JR, Will, Jack |
| What did Zopa bring to sell to the Sherpas? | cigarettes |
| What was the puja ceremony? | A buddhist blessing ritual |
| Why did Peak and Sun-jo want to leave before the porters? | so they wouldn't step in yak dung |
| At what altitude is ABC? | 21,161 feet |
| how many letters did Paula and Patrice send to Peak? | 5 |
| How did Sun-Jo get back into Tibet? | forged documents |
| Who were the people on the C team? | Sun-Jo, Peak, the film crew and Holly |
| Why did Zopa climb? | So Sun-Jo wouldn't become a Sherpa |
| What was the name of the captain that questioned Peak as to "the other boy's whereabouts at Camp Four? | Captain Shek |
| Who gave up going to the summit after all declaring "too clos. Not in me this year" after making it all the way to Camp Four? | Holly |
| Why did Peak's mother say she finally quit climbing? | because of him |
| What terrible news did Peak get right before the taems were heading out to the summit? | that he would not be able to attempt it and he would have to try again next year |
| What were the three things the Chinese soldiers arrived on the mountain to check for each climber? | their papers - passport, visa and permit |
| From Camp 6, how long do you have to safely reach the summit and return? | 18 hours |
| What time did Peak finally set out for the summit an dhow long did he have to get there? | 1:35 am - 12 hours to get there |
| What was the date that Peak climbed for the Summit? | 13-May |
| What are the flags called on the mountain? | Prayer flags |
