Question

during the 1996 climbing season, several guided tours attempted to climb mount everest. the number of climbers created intense lines and greatly delayed their ascent. to make matters worse, a surprise storm arrived while a number of climbers were high on the mountain, leaving many stranded. ultimately, eight climbers died in the 1996 mount everest disaster. the timeline below details major events preceding and during the disaster

may 6, 1996:

• several guided climbing tours converge at everest base camp

may 8 - 9, 1996:

• climbers depart base camp and begin their ascent to camp ii (6,400 meters/21,000 feet), where they will stay briefly to acclimatize

may 9 - 10, 1996:

• teams depart camp ii for camp iii (7,200 meters/23,600 feet)

may 10, 1996:

• midnight: teams depart camp iv (7,900 meters/25,900 feet) for the final push to the summit
• 6:00 am: most climbers arrive at the south summit (8,750 meters/28,700 feet)
• 11:30 am: the first climbers summit mount everest
• 3:00 pm: weather quickly deteriorates while climbers began their descent
• 4:00 pm: several climbers remain high on the mountain behind their teams
• 5:00 pm: a major storm hits mount everest

may 11, 1996:

• midnight: rob hall radios for help after one climber in his team collapses
• 1:00 am: climbers shuttle across two team members who appear critical and are forced to leave the team members behind
• morning: scott fodder, the lead climber for another guided tour, is found dead
• afternoon: rob hall radios that the team member he is with has died. this is the last communication from rob hall

after reading the passage, complete the sentence below

the primary text features used in this passage are to indicate headers and to organize information.

Explanation:

Bold font is commonly used for headers to make them stand out. Bulleted items are used to organize information in a clear, list - like manner. Italicized font is not used as headers here (headers are in bold). Statistics are numerical data, and while there are numbers (like altitudes), the main text features for headers and organization are bold font and bulleted items.

Answer:

bold font; bulleted items