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

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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
دنیای عمودی من by Jerzy Kukuczkaدر هوای رقیق by Jon Krakauerجایی برای زنان بر روی قله آناپورنا by Arlene Blumکوهنوردی لذت آزادی در اوج بلندیها by The Mountaineers Clubآموزش نوین کوهنوردی by رحیم دانایی
کوه‌نوردی
7 books — 1 voter
Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonAnnapurna by Maurice HerzogK2 by Ed Viesturs
Worshipping Mountains
172 books — 69 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Lost City of Z by David GrannSavage Harvest by Carl HoffmanIf I Can't Have You by Gregg OlsenFinding Everett Ruess by David  Roberts
What happened to them?
59 books — 50 voters

Edge of the Map by Johanna GartonBreaking Trail by Arlene BlumA Woman's Place Is at the Top by Hannah KimberleyFinding Elevation by Lisa        ThompsonAnnapurna by Arlene Blum
Women Climb!
7 books — 8 voters


Mounting high; Mounting far. Your goal the Empyrean; Your aim the MACS0647-JD.
Prof.Salam Al Shereida

Avijeet Das
The mountain greets me with respect and guides me to traverse the rocks and crevices of its body! He is strong and vigorous and he appreciates my stamina and toughness.
Avijeet Das

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