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Mountaineering
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Sports.
The climbing of mountains for sport.
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
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.
1. A native or inhabitant of a mountainous
area.
2. Sports. One who climbs mountains for sport.
verb, intransitive
mountaineered, mountaineering, mountaineers
Sports.
To climb mountains for sport.
Sports.
The art or practice of climbing tall buildings, especially skyscrapers.
[On the model of BOULDERING.]
— builderer 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
mounting, climbing
hill-climbing, mountain-climbing, rock-climbing, mountaineering, alpinism
climber, mountaineer, rock-climber,
alpinist, cragsman or -woman
steeplejack
Sports.
A mountain climber.
— alpinism noun
A steeply projecting mass of rock forming part of a rugged cliff or headland.
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
1. Elevated land.
2. highlands. A mountainous or hilly section of a country.
One who lives in a highland.
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a highland.
Lowlands
A region of Scotland lying south of the Highlands.
— Lowland adjective
— Lowlander noun
An area of land that is low in relation to the surrounding country.
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of low, usually level land.
A region of central England. It roughly corresponds with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and is today a highly industrialized area.
The middle or interior part of a country or region.
One who builds or maintains very high structures, such as steeples.
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.