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

Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
La felicità del lupo
One Wrong Step
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
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
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition
Dixon, Descending
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
The Next Everest
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
Annapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak: (26,493 Feet)
No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks
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

Rebecca Solnit
[In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than the main point, and those who only wander in high places become part of the story.
Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History of Walking

George Mallory
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