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The Krummholz Trivia Quiz

QUIZ #2 - Test your knowledge of general outdoor trivia.

In order to succeed in any climbing attempt, a compromise must be made between:
 laziness and ambition
 the value of your life and the glory of success
 safety and boldness
 teamwork versus personal growth

You've summitted but you're cooling off quickly. The best thing to do is to:
 move around briskly to stay warm
 set up a bivy and get into your bag
 make yourself a hot meal
 put on all your clothes and head down soon

Your feet are getting cold so you decide to put on an extra pair of socks for warmth. Although this makes your boots a bit tight, they feel alright. Is this a good idea?
 Yes
 No
 Maybe
 It depends

As you sit here on the summit you have a sense of completeness, euphoria, and peace.
 Quick, get down. You're losing your mind
 Chalk it up to exhaustion. You need to rest
 Write a book and join the Psychic Fair circuit
 Savor it. It might be difficult to carry home

A Polish study on the psychopathology of mountaineering revealed that most climbers had schiziodal-psychasthentic characterized by secretiveness, reserve, and the avoidance of other people, shyness, a feeling of inferiority, hyper-sensitivity and emotional imbalance. They also:
 had weird sexual traits
 exhibited outstanding intelligence
 came from bizarre family backgrounds
 had misconnected neurons and synapses

Gore-Tex was originally developed for:
 artificial arteries
 outdoor clothings
 skin grafts
 ovenmitts

Dinner tonight includes powdered soup mix. To prevent it from becoming lumpy, you should stir it into:
 instant mashed potatoes
 cold water
 hot water
 a bit of olive oil

Cummulus clouds are best described as:
 thin and wispy
 lens shaped
 puffy and cotton-like
 parallel bands or rounded masses

When discussing snow, sublimation is:
 when the snow pack settles
 moist, cold air forming crystals on the surface
 snow turning immediately to vapor
 the snowpack turning to perfect skiing conditions

Magnetic declination is the error between:
 a local magnetic anomaly and the draw of the compass
 true north (or south) and magnetic north (or south)
 the decreasing distance between the longitudinal lines as they approach the poles
 the angular distance of the sun to the earth's equator with respect to the plane of the
        earth's orbit around the sun


  


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