mountaineering

Examples

• All

• Many climbers travel to the Himalayas for mountaineering adventures every year.

• You want to join my mountaineering expedition, do you?

  And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)

• However, employment opportunities for women are few in trekking and even more limited in mountaineering.

  Academic text (1993)

• Trekking and mountaineering tourism have also influenced regional forest use.

  Academic text (1993)

• When you go mountaineering, you know you're not going to see crowds all over the mountain watching you climbing.

  Ocean to Sky (2019)

• There are many routes up, ranging in level of skill from basic trekking, walking, or hiking to professional mountaineering.

  Academic text (2002)

• By the standards of mountaineering, Sinai is an easy climb, no more than two hours or so for good hikers.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The high Himalayan regions of Nepal have become the foremost center of mountaineering and trekking in Asia.

  Academic text (1993)

• He took a mountaineering course to learn how to safely climb challenging peaks.

• Her passion for mountaineering began when she scaled her first mountain as a teenager.

Synonyms

M

mountain climbing

vsmountaineering

9 3.2

An activity of going up tall mountains using ropes and other equipment

is broader and often done for recreation or adventure rather than only technical climbs

A

alpinism

vsmountaineering

1 9.3

A sport that involves climbing very high mountains, often by hard routes

is more general, covering recreational climbing of many mountains not only extreme peaks

C

conquest of the mountains

vsmountaineering

7.7

An achievement of climbing to the top of mountains

is an ongoing recreational activity not just a single successful climb

How Difficult

high-altitude climbing

• Specialized

8.4

mountaineering

7 4.7

to trek

9 3.9

hiking

89 1.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology