Test Yourself: Are You an Alpinist?  Posted on: June 16, 2008
A. What is "simul'ing"? 1. A modern sex position. 2. Someone
explained it to me once but I didn't really listen. 3. My
favorite climbing technique on big walls up to 5.13, M8 and A4.
After that I start to pitch it up.  B. What is the greatest
unclimbed challenge left for humankind? 1. Make it to my
apartment (that is on the third floor) without taking the
elevator. 2. The famous Everest - Lhotse - Nuptse traverse. 3.
Climbing Mt. Olympus on Mars, the highest mountain in the solar
system (20142m), without supplementary oxygen and getting there
with my bike.  C. What are essential items for your first aid
kit? 1. Clarifying lotion, clearing moisturizer, wet towels,
small mirror, hand cream, hairbrush, cotton swabs, aloe vera,
credit card and mobile phone. 2. Aspirin, antibiotics, Diamox,
bandages, emergency blanket, iodine and tape. 3. A lot of strong
pain killers, which I didn't bring because I thought my partner
brought his. Besides, I don't need