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Noun: mountaineering  ,mawn-tu'neer-ing
  1. The activity of climbing a mountain
    "They spent their vacation mountaineering in the Alps";
    - mountain climbing
Verb: mountaineer  ,mawn-ti'neer
  1. (sport) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
    "They mountaineered in the Alps every summer"

Derived forms: mountaineerings

Type of: ascend, climb, climb up, go up, mount

Encyclopedia: Mountaineering

Mountaineer