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The activity of climbing a mountain
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mountaineering
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the activity of climbing a mountain [syn: mountain climbing ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (senseid en sport) the sport of climbing mountains
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I joined the mountaineering club when I went to university. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A bighorn lamb tries its mountaineering skills. ▪ Among them was Steven Proctor, who was on his way to the Himalayas for a four week mountaineering ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
mountaineering \moun`tain*eer"ing\ (moun`t[i^]n*[=e]r"[i^]ng), n. Climbing mountains as a sport.
Usage examples of mountaineering.
In full Everest gear they ascended to the surface through a slanting tunnel and fanned out in nine groups for a mile of hard mountaineering across the junkpile world.
The books about sport and mountaineering, of fifty years ago, tell of his exploits as an athlete, and of his mountain climbings in Switzerland and Mexico, and there is a book of famous bets called Light Come Light Go, in which you can read of how for a bet he swam the Thames in evening clothes and a high hat — but later on, and more romantically, he swam the Hellespont like Leander and Lord Byron.
All that scuba-diving and mountaineering and pot-holing and hang-glidingshe just wants to fill the days and not think about anything.
All that scuba-diving and mountaineering and pot-holing and hang-gliding—she just wants to fill the days and not think about anything.
Away from mountaineering, it gave her, at times, an unrelaxed look, a jumpiness.