1. Someone who climbs mountains
   "The experienced mountaineer reached the summit in record time";
   - mountain climber

1. (sport) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
   "They mountaineered in the Alps every summer"

Derived forms: mountaineers, mountaineering, mountaineered

Type of: adventurer, ascend, climb, climb up, climber, go up, mount, venturer

Encyclopedia: Mountaineer