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

New Releases Tagged "Mountaineering"

The Color of Everything: A Journey to Quiet the Chaos Within
La felicità del lupo
A Light through the Cracks: A Climber's Story
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
Beyond Possible: One Soldier, Fourteen Peaks — My Life In The Death Zone
Lost in the Valley of Death: A Story of Obsession and Danger in the Himalayas
Training for the Uphill Athlete: A Manual for Mountain Runners and Ski Mountaineers
Dixon, Descending
Life Lived Wild:  Adventures at the Edge of the Map
The Third Pole: Mystery, Obsession, and Death on Mount Everest
In the Shadow of the Mountain
Descent (Peak, #4)
The Impossible Climb: Alex Honnold, El Capitan, and the Climbing Life
The Next Everest
W cieniu Everestu
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
The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger
Into the Silence: The Great War, Mallory and the Conquest of Everest
No Way Down: Life and Death on K2
Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest
Mountaineering: The Freedom Of the Hills
The Mountains of My Life by Walter BonattiThe White Spider by Heinrich HarrerEdge of the Map by Johanna GartonKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayAnnapurna, First Conquest of an 8000-Meter Peak by Maurice Herzog
Mountaineering
22 books — 27 voters
Edge of the Map by Johanna GartonAnnapurna by Arlene BlumBreaking Trail by Arlene BlumTents in the Clouds by Monica  JacksonA Woman's Place Is at the Top by Hannah Kimberley
Women Climb!
78 books — 9 voters

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کوه‌نوردی
8 books — 2 voters
輝耀之山:兩位如風少年的絕壁長征 by Peter Boardman我的山間初夏 by John Muir攀向自由:波蘭冰峰戰士們的一頁鐵血史詩 by Bernadette McDonald靈魂的征途:安娜普納南壁 by Chris Bonington攀登的奧義:從馬洛里、尼采到齊美爾的歐洲山岳思想選粹 by 詹偉雄
「Meters」書系
9 books — 1 voter



...by bringing myself over the edge and back, I discovered a passion to live my days fully, a conviction that will sustain me like sweet water on the periodically barren plain of our short lives.
Jonathan Waterman

Ed Viesturs
Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory.
Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks

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