Paragraf Test-21 Soru=21

One can conclude from the passage that, since its origins in the 18th century, mountaineering ............... .

Mountaineering can be traced back to 1760.
That year Horace-Benedict de Saussure, a
young scientist from Switzerland, offered a
prize to the first person who could climb to the
summit of Mont Blanc, the highest peak in the
Alps. Finally, 26 years later, Michel-Gabriel
Paccard, a French doctor, succeeded, with
Jacques Balmat, his porter, in climbing Mont
Blanc and won the prize. Mountain climbing
grew rapidly in popularity after -1850, and by
1900 the Alpine peaks had all been conquered.
Mountains still waited to be climbed,
however, and climbers travelled to the top of
the Andes in South America, the Rockies in
North America, and the Ruwenzori peaks in
Africa. Finally they sought the ultimate
challenge, the remote peaks of the Himalayas,
which extend across Asia, separating India and
Tibet.