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
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
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
Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain
To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth
The Next Everest
Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains
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
Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak

. . .There is nothing to complain of. . .we had a gorgeous day for the climb, almost windless and brilliantly fine, yet we were unable to get to the summit. So we have no excuse - we have been beaten in fair fight; beaten by the height of the mountain, and by our own shortness of breath. But the fight was worth it, worth it every time, and we shall cherish the privilege of defeat by the world's greatest mountain. ...more
Howard Somervell

Jeffrey Rasley
Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.
Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal

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