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Mountaineering
verb, intransitive
mounting, climbing
climber, mountaineer, rock-climber,
alpinist, cragsman or -woman
adjective
Lowlands
adjective
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mountaineering noun
Sports.
The climbing of mountains for sport.
Age and Aging: Seventies
To be seventy years old is like climbing
the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep
valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher
and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you
sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
mountain climbing noun
Sports.
The climbing of mountains, especially
the scaling of rock faces by means of special equipment and technique.
mountain climbing, the practice
of climbing to elevated points for sport, pleasure, or research. It is
also called mountaineering. The three principal types are (1) trail climbing,
or hiking through forest trails to the top of small mountains; (2) rock
climbing, the ascent of steeper mountains requiring the use of rope and
steel spikes (pitons) that are driven into the rock; and (3) ice climbing,
on very high mountains with peaks above the timber line. The “golden age”
of mountain climbing began in the 1850s and ended with the conquest (1865)
of the last of the great Alpine peaks, the Matterhorn. Mt. Everest, the
world's tallest mountain, was first climbed (1953) by Edmund HILLARY and
Tenzing Norkay.
mountaineer noun
1. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous
area.
2. Sports. One who climbs mountains
for sport.
mountaineered, mountaineering,
mountaineers
Sports.
To climb mountains for sport.
buildering noun
Sports.
The art or practice of climbing
tall buildings, especially skyscrapers.
[On the model of BOULDERING.]
— builderer noun
bouldering noun
Sports.
Basic or intermediate climbing
carried out on relatively small rocks that can be traversed without great
risk of bodily harm in case of a fall.
— boulderer noun
hill-climbing, mountain-climbing,
rock-climbing, mountaineering, alpinism
steeplejack
alpinist also Alpinist noun
Sports.
A mountain climber.
— alpinism noun
crag noun
A steeply projecting mass of rock forming
part of a rugged cliff or headland.
Highlands
A mountainous region of central and
northern Scotland extending northwest and including the Grampian Mountains.
Famous for its rugged beauty, the area maintained a highly distinctive
culture, based on the Scottish Gaelic language and the clan system, until
well into the 19th century.
— Highland adjective
— Highlander noun
highland noun
1. Elevated land.
2. highlands. A mountainous or
hilly section of a country.
highlander noun
One who lives in a highland.
Of, relating to, or characteristic
of a highland.
A region of Scotland lying south
of the Highlands.
— Lowland adjective
— Lowlander noun
lowland noun
An area of land that is low in relation
to the surrounding country.
Relating to or characteristic of
low, usually level land.
Midlands
A region of central England. It roughly
corresponds with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and is today a highly
industrialized area.
midland noun
The middle or interior part of a country
or region.
steeplejack noun
One who builds or maintains very high
structures, such as steeples.
steeple noun
1. A tall tower forming the superstructure
of a building, such as a church or temple, and usually surmounted by a
spire.
2. A spire.
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