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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Mountaineering"

Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali

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

A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story

The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within

Up, Up, Ever Up! Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains

Everest 1922: The Epic Story of the First Attempt on the World's Highest Mountain

Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the Map

Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the World

In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage

Fallen: George Mallory and the Tragic 1924 Everest Expedition

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Mountaineering Books

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival

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

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

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Best Mountaineering and Rock Climbing Books

43 books — 12 voters

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

The Starship & the Canoe by Kenneth Brower

Books for Outdoor Guides

42 books — 13 voters

جایی برای زنان بر روی قله آناپورنا by Arlene Blum

کوه‌نوردی

7 books — 1 voter

Nature Lovers—Romances With Camping, Fishing, Hiking, Backpacking, Mountain Climbing And More

224 books — 137 voters

Let the Games Begin by Rufaro Faith Mazarura

Obscure Sport Romances

41 books — 2 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman

Mystery of the Fleeing Girl by Showell Styles

The Mountain of Adventure by Enid Blyton

Peril in the Pennines by Winifred Finlay

Mountaineering in Juvenile Fiction

66 books — 6 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Mountaineering”

“ . . .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

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“ How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared. . . Is this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We're not exultant; but delighted, joyful; soberly astonished. . . Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? No. . . and yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfaction ...more ”
― George Mallory, Climbing Everest: The Complete Writings of George Mallory

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