MLA Assessment Research Paper

Mountain Leader Research Paper

1. What type of terrain would you expect to find on Kinder Scout?
2. At what height does a hill become a mountain?
3. What is the common name for Scottish mountains over 3000ft?
4. What year were they first listed?
5. What is the common name for 200ft mountains?
6. What are the welsh 3000’s?

      7How many mountains are there in Scotland over 3000ft (941m)?

      8. How many mountains are there in England & Wales over 3000ft (941m)?

      9. On what mountain would you find Napes Needle?

     10. What is the name of the projecting rock on the North Ridge of Tryfan?

      11. What type of rock do the Cuillin consist of? 12. What is a barrow?

13. Name the highest mountain in England and give its height.

14. Where is “Mickledore” and describe what it is?

15. Where is “Foxes” path?

16. On what mountain is “Gardyloo Gulley”?

17. Where would you find “Botteril slabs”?

18. On what mountain would you find “Crowberry gulley”?

19. Describe what a buttress is.

20. What is “Jack’s Rake” and where would you find it?

21. Where is “Parsons Nose”?

22. Where does the “Nant Gwynant” valley start and end?

23. How did “Milestone Buttress” get its name?

24. What is the “Mountain Heritage Trust”?

25. What would you consider the main function of the BMC to be?

26. Who is the current BMC Access Officer?

27. What significance does Kinder scout have in access agreements?

28. Name the true Nation (independent from Men) Women's Mountaineering Club?

29. What year was it formed?

30. The early mountaineers “nailed” their boots with “hob nails”, can you name three other type of nails that were used?

31. What was William Naismith most famous for?

32. Where did William Murray write his book “Mountaineering in Scotland”?

33. Who wrote “I Choose to Climb”?

34. Who wrote “Portrait of a Mountaineer”?

35. What year were “Vibram” soles introduced?

36. Give a full explanation of what is a “lapse rate”.

37. What are “Katabatic winds” and what is the usual outcome?

38. What are “Anabatic winds”?

39. What cloud type would you expect to see prior to an electric storm?

40. Where is the safest place to on a mountain during an electric storm?