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[ moun-tn-eer-ing ] / ˌmaʊn tnˈɪər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mountaineering ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe sport of climbing mountains. Origin of mountaineeringFirst recorded in 1795–1805; mountaineer + -ing1 Words nearby mountaineeringmountain daisy, mountain devil, mountain dew, mountain ebony, mountaineer, mountaineering, mountain everlasting, mountain fetterbush, mountain goat, mountain gorilla, mountain holly fern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mountaineeringAdventure sports and mountaineering could lure in travelers during the off season, but they are still limited. Can Traditional Bhutan Survive Tourism?|Esha Chhabra|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the 19th century, when mountaineering was developing as a sport, the playing field was highly restricted. Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling|Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Parrado was one of the men who set out without any mountaineering equipment to find help and save the other survivors. Six Greatest Acts of Human Endurance|Nico Hines|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST On the phone, Garrett cites a New York-based explorer, Moses Gates, who compares urban exploration with mountaineering. Urban Explorers Face Sewage, Rats, Vertigo, Claustrophobia and Cops|Josh Dzieza|October 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
"I'm afraid I haven't done any mountaineering, but I had the long-distance snowshoe craze rather bad back in Montreal," he said. A Damaged Reputation|Harold Bindloss To roam over glaciers and scramble up peaks free and untrammelled is mountaineering in the Alps. The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley)|Hudson Stuck Just then Jean's horse, weary and unused to mountaineering, stumbled. Two Penniless Princesses|Charlotte M. Yonge Let us take the situation of a citizen who is not a mountaineering enthusiast. The Crow's Nest|Clarence Day, Jr. Mountaineering is a sport of which Englishmen should be proud; for they were the first really to pursue it as a pastime. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921|Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
Words related to mountaineeringhiking, alpinism, backpacking |