Most Read This Week In Mountaineering

The term mountaineering describes the sport of mountain climbing, including ski mountaineering. Hiking in the mountains can also be a simple form of mountaineering when it involves scrambling, or short stretches of the more basic grades of rock climbing, as well as crossing glaciers.

Also known as Mountain Climbing and Alpinism

Most Read This Week Tagged "Mountaineering"

La felicità del lupo
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
One Wrong Step
Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
The Moth and the Mountain
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
Berbeka. Życie w cieniu Broad Peaku
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
In the Shadow of the Mountain
The Next Everest
Dixon, Descending
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Each of Us a Universe
Descent (Peak, #4)
Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
W cieniu Everestu
The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
The Hunt for Mount Everest
Beyond Possible: One Man, 14 Peaks, and the Mountaineering Achievement of a Lifetime
To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth
Winter 8000: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountains in the Coldest Season
Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest's Deadliest Day
Alpine Rising: Sherpas, Baltis, and the Triumph of Local Climbers in the Greater Ranges
The Last Great Mountain: The First Ascent of Kangchenjunga
Slowly Slowly: The Old Way To Everest Base Camp

George Mallory
People ask me, 'What is the use of climbing Mount Everest?' and my answer must at once be, 'It is of no use.'There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever. Oh, we may learn a little about the behaviour of the human body at high altitudes, and possibly medical men may turn our observation to some account for the purposes of aviation. But otherwise nothing will come of it. We shall not bring back a single bit of gold or silver, not a gem, nor any coal or iron... If you cannot understa ...more
George Mallory, Climbing Everest: The Complete Writings of George Mallory

Many climb to seek glory, some in quest of awards and rewards. I have had my share of these, which were purely incidental.
DK Khullar, Carefree in the Mountains

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