mountaineering
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mountaineering/maʊntəˈnɪərɪŋ/
▶noun the sport or activity of climbing mountains.
– derivatives
mountaineer noun.
mountaineer noun.
'mountaineering' also found in these Oxford entries:
abseil
- aid climbing
- alpenstock
- alpinist
- ascender
- belay
- belaying pin
- boilerplate
- bouldering
- carabiner
- chimney
- chockstone
- climbing irons
- climbing wall
- cornice
- cragsman
- crampon
- daysack
- dyno
- etrier
- face
- free climbing
- glissade
- guide
- ice axe
- ice pick
- jam
- jumar
- karabiner
- knob
- mantelshelf
- Munro
- piolet
- pitch
- piton
- prusik
- rappel
- rock climbing
- rope
- runner
- running belay
- scrambler
- scrambling
- serac
- sidle
- skyhook
- slab
- smear
- snow-blind
