The 1924 Winter Olympics closed with a ceremony honoring achievement in a non-Olympic sport. Which was it?
A) Ice fishing B) Mountaineering ü C) Ptarmigan hunting D) Skydiving
The award was given to British climber Charles Bruce, leader of the first serious attempt to scale Mt. Everest in 1922, which came within better than 2,000 ft. (600 m) of the peak only to end tragically with the deaths of seven sherpas. Bruce’s award was presented by Baron Pierre de Coubertin himself, founder of the modern Olympics.
