Noun
the activity of climbing a mountain
Source: WordNetAudi Power of Four Ski Mountaineering Race, athletes put their endurance to the test as teams race across all four Aspen Snowmass mountains, covering a whopping 24 miles and more than 10,000 vertical feet. Source: Internet
Climbers usually spend several weeks on Everest acclimatising and preparing for summit bids, but compressing that into five days is very challenging and risky, said Shanta Bir Lama, head of the Mountaineering Association. Source: Internet
Col. Jamwal, however, spoke against the commercialisation of mountaineering and said one has to have patience and go through rigorous training in order to finally be able to trek to high altitudes and scale mountains like Everest. Source: Internet
Commercial pack mules are used recreationally, such as to supply mountaineering base camps, and also to supply trail building and maintenance crews, and backcountry footbridge building crews. Source: Internet
Controversy has raged in the mountaineering community whether one or both of them reached the summit 29 years before the confirmed ascent (and of course, safe descent) of Everest by Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Source: Internet
Flora and Fauna international were one of a number of global teams working on the island, including the British Mountaineering Council, Island Conservation from the USA and Wildlife Management International from New Zealand. Source: Internet