Examen de Inglés de Navarra (PAU de 2015)

Mount Everest

Mount Everest, in Nepal as Sagarmāthā and in China as Chomolungma/珠穆朗玛峰, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is above sea level. Mount Everest is in the Mahalangur Range. The international border between China (Tibet Autonomous Region) and Nepal runs across Everest's summit point. Its massif includes neighbouring peaks Lhotse,; Nuptse, and Changtse.

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Montgomery County High School (Missouri)

Montgomery County R-II High School is a high school located about 1/2 mile south of Montgomery City, Missouri, on the east side of state highway 19. The current building was built in 1961-2 with the first classes in August 1962.

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Andrew Lock

Andrew James Lock OAM (born 26 December 1961) is an Australian mountaineer. He completed his personal mountaineering project to be the first Australian to climb all 14 "eight-thousanders" (peaks over 8,000 metres above sea level) in October 2009. He has climbed all fourteen 8,000m peaks, with 18 personal 8,000 metre summits, having climbed several twice. Lock also has climbed to both summits of Shishapangma (most climb to the false summit and only very few have completed the 14 x 8,000m by climbing to the true summit of Shishapangma). Lock is currently an ambassador of Sir David Martin Foundat…

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Barrowford

Barrowford is a large village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north of Nelson on the other side of the M65 motorway, and forms part of the Nelson conurbation. It also comprises the area of Lowerford and sometimes gets confused with its neighbour Higherford. The parish has a population of 6,171.

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Himalayan Trust

The Himalayan Trust is an international non-profit humanitarian organisation first established in the 1960s by Sir Edmund Hillary, who led the trust until his death in 2008. The Himalayan Trust aims to improve the health, education and general wellbeing of people living in the Solukhumbu district.

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Ice axe

An ice axe is a multi-purpose hiking and climbing tool used by mountaineers both in the ascent and descent of routes that involve frozen conditions with snow and/or ice. An ice axe can be held and employed in a number of different ways, depending on the terrain encountered. In its simplest role, the ice axe is used like a walking stick in the uphill hand, the mountaineer holding the head in the center, with the pick pointing to the rear. It can also be buried pick down, the rope tied around the shaft to form a secure anchor on which to bring up a second climber, or buried vertically to form a …

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Crampons

A crampon is a traction device that is attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing. Not only are crampons used during ice climbing, but they are also used for secure travel on snow and ice, such as crossing glaciers, snowfields and icefields, ascending snow slopes, and scaling ice-covered rock. There are three main attachment systems for footwear: step-in, hybrid, and strap bindings. The first two require boots with welts, as a tension lever attaches the crampon to the heel. The last type (strap bindings) are more versatile and can adapt to virtually any boot o…

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Iran national football team

The National football team of Iran (Tīm-e Melli Fūtbāl-e Īrān), also known as Team Melli (Tīm-e Melli), represents Iran in international football competitions and is governed by the Iran Football Federation. The national football team of Iran, known as Team Melli, ranks 1st in Asia and 29th in the world according to the FIFA World Rankings.

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Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay OSN GM (29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi and often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali Sherpa mountaineer. Among the most famous mountain climbers in history, he was the first individual known to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which he accomplished with Edmund Hillary on 29 May 1953. Time named him one of the people of the 20th century.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia. Nepal is divided into 7 provinces and 75 districtsand 744 local units including 4 metropolises, 13 sub-metropolises, 246 municipal councils and 481 village. It has a population of 26.4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area. Bordering China in the north and India in the south, east, and west, it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state. Nepal does not border Bangladesh, which is located within only 27 km (17 mi) of its southeastern tip. It neither borders Bhutan due to …

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Altitude sickness

Altitude sickness—also known as acute mountain sickness (AMS), is a pathological effect of high altitude on humans, caused by acute exposure to low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude.

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Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival "Ed" Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest. They were part of the ninth British expedition to Everest, led by John Hunt. TIME magazine named Hillary one of the people of the 20th century.

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Aeromarine EO

The Aeromarine EO was a light sport flying boat that was built in the mid-1920s. Design and development.

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