- present participle of mountaineer.
mountaineering
Example Sentences
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In Nepal, she traveled to Everest Base Camp to write a dispatch for the Christian Science Monitor on the country's attempts to more closely regulate the mountaineering industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
News of his miraculous survival made international headlines and sent shockwaves throughout the mountaineering community.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
"This is another milestone in Nepal's mountaineering history," Himal Gautam, spokesperson for Nepal's Tourism Department, told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Members of the co-op mainly bought mountaineering equipment imported from Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
His father is a respected climbing Sherpa who taught him the basics of mountaineering at an early age so tThe sirdar is the head Sherpa.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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