RDG 30 Mountain Adventures

Expedition to Mount Olympus March 2007

Skimming and Prep Reading
Points for in class work August 31, Sept 2
Paste questions with answers in journal or make comments on this post. In journal write answers in comment section.

1. 1. Define Expedition


2. Why was Olympus a "perfect mountain"


3. Normal approach?_______


4. March 25 cost of taxi?_______


5. March 26 How deep is the snow?


6. Page 58 Topic of 1st paragraph? ________


7. March 27 why do you think it was astonishing there was no more precipitation in the Olympics?


8. Define precipitation_________________


9. March 28 2nd paragraph Main idea____________


10. page 60 What was angle of the slope?


11. Three types of footwear needed for the hike

12, page 60 Last paragraph compare summer to winter for time to cover a half mile__________________________ _________

13. March 29 Main idea_______________________

1. page 62 4th paragraph. Guess what a bergschrund is. Look it up. See if your guess was right---- Write the answer here_____________________________


2. page 62 "What a sight".... List three sites the hikers spotted__________________________________


3. 63 "With that work completed"...... Main idea_______________________


4. Something else to do......... What did the hikers accomplish??__________


5. LNT What is it?____________________________


6. Check http://www.bctcdre30.blogspot.com/ for more questions about this story.


7. You will get points in class today and more for answers you post in journals.