Mo Anthoine described his drive to perform this activity as “feeding the rat,” a phrase that titles a study by his companion Al Alvarez. A history of this activity by the ex-Nazi Heinrich Harrer (-5[2])described a seemingly-intractable (15[2])problem nicknamed the “murder wall.” The linguist Constant (-5[1])incompetently performs this activity for the Rum Doodle Committee in a satirical novel by W. E. Bowman. (15[1])Michael Ransom performs this activity in a play that included the earliest version of (*) “Funeral Blues,” and was co-written by Isherwood (10[1])and Auden. (10[3]-5[1])Anatoli (10[1])Boukreev’s (10[2])heroism is highlighted (10[1])in a 1997 (10[1])bestseller (10[1])about the deaths of eight performers (10[1])of this activity (10[1]-5[1])in a blizzard (10[1])on the South Col (10[2])and North Face approaches. (10[1])Jon Krakauer’s (10[1])Into Thin Air is about, (10[1])for 10 points, what outdoor activity? ■END■ (10[3])