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Definition of Mountain climbing
1. Noun. The activity of climbing a mountain.
Generic synonyms: Climb, Mount
Specialized synonyms: Alpinism
Examples of category: Abseil, Rappel, Aerodontalgia
Derivative terms: Mountaineer
Definition of Mountain climbing
1. Noun. The activity of climbing mountains, or scaling rock faces ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Climbing
Literary usage of Mountain climbing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our New West: Records of Travel Between the Mississippi River and the by Samuel Bowles (1869)
"mountain climbing AND CAMP LIFE. Up Gray's Peak from Georgetown—The View from
it—A Saturday Night Camp on the Snake liiver—Sunday with a "Prospector"— A ..."
2. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1908)
"climber and the literary and scientific conspicuousness of this exploit made it
an epoch in mountain climbing. From that date ascents may be said to have ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"mountain climbing as a sport. G: D. Abraham. 11. World's Work. 16: 10323-36. Je.
'08. mountain climbing in Mexico. EO Hovey. 11. Outing 53: 85-95. O. 'OS. ..."
4. Cruisings in the Cascades: A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur by George O. Shields (1889)
"... as mountain climbing. I mean from a mental as well as from a physical standpoint;
and, in fact, it is the mind that receives the greater benefit. ..."
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