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

Stephen Trafton
If you're not moving, you're standing still. ...more
Stephen Trafton, At The Edge: A life in search of challenge

George Mallory
For the stone from the top for geologists, the knowledge of the limits of endurance for the doctors, but above all for the spirit of adventure to keep alive the soul of man.
George Mallory

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