From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmountaineeringmoun‧tain‧eer‧ing /ˌmaʊntəˈnɪərɪŋ $ ˌmaʊntənˈɪrɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] DSOthe sport of climbing mountains
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mountaineering• This is a pity, since moving together is the essence of safe, quick alpine mountaineering.• It was good to be up mountains again, as I used to enjoy mountaineering before my accident.• Wendy goes mountaineering and has involved her boyfriend in the sport.• His mountaineering record is outstanding by any standards: Mont Blanc, the Matterhorn and the Eiger.• A bighorn lamb tries its mountaineering skills.• Missing too are some of the ski mountaineering classics which are ideally suited to Nordic touring gear.• I joined the mountaineering club when I went to university.• Watch for the return of the mountaineering look too.• Among them was Steven Proctor, who was on his way to the Himalayas for a four week mountaineering holiday. 