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  • 1. What is the difficulty rating of the normal route on Huascarán Norte?
A) TD-
B) ED1/ED2
C) PD+/AD-
D) D+
  • 2. In what year was the normal route of Huascarán Norte first climbed?
A) 1908
B) 1974
C) 1966
D) 1985
  • 3. Who climbed the Northwest ridge (Italian route) on Huascarán Norte?
A) E. Detomasi, C. Piazzo, D. Saettone and T. Vidone
B) D. Anker and K. Saurer
C) J. Moreno, C. Valles and J. Tomas
D) R. Paragot, R. Jacob, C. Jacoux and D. Leprince-Ringuet
  • 4. How long does the Swiss route on the North face of Huascarán Norte require to climb?
A) At least two days
B) At least three days
C) At least one week
D) At least four days
  • 5. The Lomo fino route on the West ridge of Huascarán Sur was climbed in which year?
A) 1986
B) 1961
C) 1969
D) 2007
  • 6. What is the difficulty rating of the Northeast ridge (Spanish route) on Huascarán Sur?
A) D+
B) ED1
C) TD-
D) TD+
  • 7. Approximately how many cubic meters of ice, mud, and rock were involved in the 1970 avalanche on Huascarán?
A) 100 million
B) 50 million
C) 20 million
D) 80 million
  • 8. What was the estimated speed of the 1970 avalanche on Huascarán?
A) 400 to 500 km/h
B) 50 to 100 km/h
C) 280 to 335 km/h
D) 100 to 150 km/h
  • 9. How many members of the Czechoslovak mountaineering team were buried by the 1970 earthquake-induced avalanche?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 15
D) 10
  • 10. What was the cause of the avalanche on 10 January 1962?
A) Heavy rainfall
B) An earthquake
C) A rapid rise in temperature
D) Volcanic activity
  • 11. In what year did researchers drill the first ice cores down to bedrock on the Huascarán col?
A) 1991
B) 2019
C) 2016
D) 1993
  • 12. How deep were the 1993 ice cores drilled on the Huascarán col?
A) Approximately 100 meters
B) Approximately 50 meters
C) Approximately 160 meters
D) Approximately 200 meters
  • 13. How old are the climate records preserved in the deepest ice layers of the Huascarán cores?
A) At least 19,000 years
B) At least 5,000 years
C) At least 50,000 years
D) At least 10,000 years
  • 14. Why are the ice cores from Huascarán Sur significant?
A) They are the highest-elevation tropical ice cores ever collected
B) They contain volcanic ash
C) They are the oldest ice cores in the world
D) They were the first cores drilled in the Western Hemisphere
  • 15. Which towns were buried by the 1970 avalanche on Huascarán?
A) Ancash and Matara
B) Chopicalqui and Huascarán
C) Yungay and Ranrahirca
D) Huaraz and Lima
  • 16. From which village is the normal ascent of Huascarán typically started?
A) Lima
B) Huaraz
C) Garganta
D) Musho
  • 17. What is the location of the high camp on the normal route to Huascarán?
A) North Peak
B) Garganta col
C) Musho Valley
D) South Peak
  • 18. What is considered the main difficulty during the ascent of Huascarán?
A) Lack of oxygen
B) Extreme altitude
C) Large crevasses
D) Strong winds
  • 19. Which rating system is used to describe the difficulty of the Huascarán route?
A) International French Adjectival System
B) British Mountaineering Council Scale
C) Yosemite Decimal System
D) UIAA Alpine Scale
  • 20. On what date was the summit of Huascarán Sur first reached?
A) 20 July 1932
B) 2 September 1908
C) 9 July 2024
D) 20 July 2016
  • 21. Who was part of the team that first reached the summit of Huascarán Sur?
A) William Stampfl
B) Chris Darwin
C) Annie Smith Peck
D) Erwin Schneider
  • 22. Which mountaineer was part of the 1908 U.S. expedition to the north peak?
A) Franz Bernard
B) Annie Smith Peck
C) Hermann Hoerlin
D) Erwin Hein
  • 23. What event did the 'Social Climbers' hold on top of Huascarán in 1989?
A) The world's highest dinner party
B) A charity mountain marathon
C) A scientific research conference
D) A world record climbing competition
  • 24. Whose body was reported found on 9 July 2024?
A) John Amy
B) William Stampfl
C) Erwin Schneider
D) Chris Darwin
  • 25. In what year did William Stampfl disappear in an avalanche?
A) 1932
B) 1990
C) 2002
D) 2016
  • 26. How many members of William Stampfl's original climbing group are still unaccounted for?
A) Zero
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
  • 27. In which country is Mount Huascarán located?
A) Peru
B) Chile
C) Ecuador
D) Bolivia
  • 28. Which mountain range is Huascarán a part of?
A) Cordillera Azul
B) Cordillera Blanca
C) Cordillera Negra
D) Cordillera Central
  • 29. What is the elevation of the southern summit of Huascarán?
A) 6,654 metres
B) 6,768 metres
C) 6,800 metres
D) 6,500 metres
  • 30. Huascarán is ranked as the 25th highest mountain by which metric?
A) Climbing difficulty
B) Global height
C) Prominence
D) Topographic isolation
  • 31. What is the meaning of the name Mataraju in Ancash Quechua?
A) Twin snow peaks
B) Rope mountain
C) High mountain
D) God of the sun
  • 32. What type of rock makes up the core of Huascarán?
A) Limestone
B) Sandstone
C) Basalt
D) Granite
  • 33. What is the name of the woman in the Huascarán legend?
A) Mataraju
B) Huandoy
C) Ancash
D) Waskaran
  • 34. Huascarán is the fourth highest mountain in South America after Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado, and which other mountain?
A) Chimborazo
B) Huandoy
C) Mount Yerupajá
D) Monte Pissis
  • 35. Which celestial entity did Huascarán's father ask for help in the legend?
A) The Moon Goddess
B) The Mountain Spirit
C) The Rain God
D) The Sun God
  • 36. In what year did the name Huascan first appear in records?
A) 1900
B) 1850
C) 1800
D) 1950
  • 37. What is the elevation of the north summit (Huascarán Norte)?
A) 6,500 metres
B) 6,768 metres
C) 6,400 metres
D) 6,654 metres
  • 38. Which national park is named after the mountain?
A) Cordillera Blanca National Park
B) Garganta National Park
C) Ancash National Park
D) Huascarán National Park
  • 39. The Quechua word 'waska', which gives Huashco its name, means what?
A) Rope
B) Snow
C) Twin
D) Stone
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