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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
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition
Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map
The Next Everest
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
Dixon, Descending
Each of Us a Universe
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Mountaineering Books

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
Buried in the Sky: The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
K2: Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Dark Summit: The True Story of Everest's Most Controversial Season
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
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Lists

Edge of the Map by Johanna GartonBreaking Trail by Arlene BlumA Woman's Place Is at the Top by Hannah KimberleyFinding Elevation by Lisa ThompsonAnnapurna by Arlene Blum
Women Climb!
7 books — 8 voters
Peak by Roland SmithBreathless by Amy McCullochThe Abominable by Dan Simmons
Best Fiction that Features Rock Climbing and Mountaineering (Fiction only!)
3 books — 2 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David Roberts
What happened to them?
55 books — 46 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBanner in the Sky by James Ramsey UllmanMystery of the Fleeing Girl by Showell StylesThe Mountain of Adventure by Enid BlytonPeril in the Pennines by Winifred Finlay
Mountaineering in Juvenile Fiction
66 books — 6 voters


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Mountaineering
Mountains
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Quotes Tagged “Mountaineering”

“ Mountains bewitch the mind and provide repose and great delight. ”
― D. K. Khullar, Carefree in the Mountains
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Bhuwan Thapaliya
“ Even Mount Everest cannot replicate the mountains of the mind. They’re very tricky to negotiate and so tough to conquer. ”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya
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Videos Tagged “Mountaineering”

Mountaineering Camp Dance
Mountaineering Camp Dance
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The Midwest Mountainreaders A Group dedicated to reading, sharing, commenting, and discussing some of the best outdoor enthu…more
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