2. • There are different kinds of
adventure sports like
mountaineering,river
rafting,paragliding,hot air
ballooning,scuba diving
etc.
• Adventure sports give us
courage fight difficult
situations and also help us
to build our confidence.
3. • Mountainering is a tough sport as one has to walk over
rivers and steep paths.
• Sangeetha Arora , a teacher of Kendriya Vidyalaya has
written about her real experiences at the mountaineering
camp in this chapter.
• Brigadier Gyan Singh was the Director of their adventure
course.
• Sangeeta was made the leader of group 7.
• When the people are trained for mountaineering ,the
people are divided into groups and one leader is
apponted for each group.
4. Resposibilities of a Group Leader
Help others in carrying their bags
Let the group go ahead and keep to the last.
Help those who cannot climb properly.
Find a good place to stop and rest.
Look after those who are not well.
Arrange for food for the group.
Take responsibility of group members actions.
5. What's in the rucksacks?
• The mountaineers take thr things they
need in their rucksacks like food
packets,water bottle,rope,hook,plastic
sheet diary, torch, towel,
soap,whistle,glucose,jaggery,chana etc.
• The mountaineers take Vitamin C, iron
tablets and hot choclate milk in their
braekfast. These give them strength and
help them to keep warm in extreme cold.
7. How do the mountaineers cross a river?
• A thick rope tied across
the river, from one bank to
the other. The rope was
tightly fixed to pegs or
‘pitons’ on both the sides.
• The mountaineers ties a
rope around their waist
and put a sling (type of
hook) in it. They then put
the sling on the thick rope
tied across the river.
8. How to climb steep mountains?
• They first obsrve the rocks carefully to
identify holds - places where they can
put their hands and feet.
• While climbing the steep mountains
mountaineers should keep their body at
an angle of 90 degree and back straight.
• Rapling is the special way of coming
down using the rope.
How do the mountaineers walk on
the snow?
9. The sleeping bags
• The sleeping bags of the
mountaineers is filled with soft
feathers which help them in
keeping warm.
How do the mountaineers
make food in mountains?
• They collect firewood and stones
to make a chulha and cook their
10. The tents of mountaineers.
• A double layered plastic sheets are
used to put up tent. The air between
the layers helps to keep
mountaineers warm.
• A drain is dug around the tent to
keep off insects and reptiles.
How do the lost members find
their group?
• When the members of any group get
lost from the other members of the
group, they whistle loudly and flash
11. Bachendri Pal
• Bachhendri Pal is the first
Indian woman and the fifth
woman in the world to
reach the peak of Mount
Everest.
