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