"Into Thin Air" Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 3. last name of the leader of Krakauer's team
  2. 4. mass of snow, ice or rock pouring down a mountainside
  3. 5. cascade of ice that results in a glacier
  4. 8. Sherpa; part of the group that reached the very top of Everest first in 1953
  5. 10. number of climbers that supposedly die in the 1996 disaster
  6. 11. last name of the author
  7. 14. the ethnic group in Nepal and Tibet; renowned for their mountaineering skills
  8. 15. means "Mother goddess of the Universe"
  9. 16. the amount of camps on Everest
Down
  1. 1. last name of the leader of the team "Mountain Madess"
  2. 2. an instrument with a telescope sight for measuring horizontal and vertical angles
  3. 6. metal boot gear with spikes; worn for ice climbs
  4. 7. a deep crack in a glacier
  5. 9. New Zealand; part of the group that reached the very top of Everest first in 1953; reached the top again with his son in 1990
  6. 12. highest point on the mountain
  7. 13. Everest name of the tallest mountain in the world