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

La felicità del lupo
One Wrong Step
Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
The Moth and the Mountain
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
W cieniu Everestu
The World Beneath Their Feet: Mountaineering, Madness, and the Deadly Race to Summit the Himalayas
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

Bhuwan Thapaliya
The steeper the trail, the nearer we’re to the top.
Bhuwan Thapaliya

George Mallory
My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.
George Mallory

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