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Type of mountaineering
Alpine climbing (German: Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that uses any of a broad range of advanced climbing techniques, including rock climbing
Alpine_climbing
Degree of difficulty of a climbing route
WI6) and the identical AI ("alpine ice") system (e.g. AI6). The related sport of mixed climbing (i.e. ice and dry-tool climbing) uses the M-grade system
Grade_(climbing)
Type of climbing with ice tools
Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting entirely of frozen water. To ascend, the ice climber uses specialist equipment
Ice_climbing
Activity to ascend a steep object
operations. Climbing is done indoors and outdoors, on natural surfaces (e.g. rock climbing and ice climbing), and on artificial surfaces (e.g. climbing walls
Climbing
Form of climbing without protection
Free solo climbing (or free soloing) is a form of rock climbing in which the climber (or free soloist) climbs on technical terrain without ropes or any
Free_solo_climbing
French rock climber and mountaineer
climbing in Burgundy, and alpine climbing in the Massif des Écrins. By 1976, aged 16, she was spending her summer in the Verdon Gorge, with climbing-partner
Catherine_Destivelle
Canadian rock climber and alpinist (1992–2018)
He was known for his solo ascents–often in winter–of major ice and alpine climbing routes. In 2016, he completed the first winter solo ascents of both
Marc-André_Leclerc
American rock climber and alpinist (born 1992)
access to sport, trad[itional], and multi-pitch [climbing] routes. The club did not compete in climbing competitions—at the time Harrington was unaware
Brette_Harrington
2021 film by Peter Mortimer and Nick Rosen
2016, a film crew followed Leclerc as he solo climbed some of the most difficult and dangerous alpine climbing routes in the world. The film was produced
The_Alpinist
American rock climber (born 1985)
a climb described in The New York Times as "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever". In 2015, he won a Piolet d'Or in alpine climbing with
Alex_Honnold
is a glossary of climbing terms related to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering
Glossary_of_climbing_terms
Path to scale a mountain, rock, or ice wall
route (e.g. bouldering route, sport climbing route, traditional climbing route, ice climbing route, or alpine climbing route, etc.), the difficulty grade
Climbing_route
Manufactured gear used in climbing
Climbing equipment refers to a broad range of manufactured gear that is used in the activity or sport of climbing. Notable groups include: Alpine climbing
Climbing_equipment
Activity involving ascending mountains
traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering
Mountaineering
Style of mountaineering
the climb. 'Expedition style' climbing is in direct contrast to 'alpine style' climbing, which involves a single small fast-moving summit climbing team
Expedition_climbing
Type of rock climbing
Big wall climbing is a form of rock climbing that takes place on both very long and very sheer multi-pitch climbing routes – of at least 10 pitches or
Big_wall_climbing
Style of climbing performed alone
solo climbing was dramatically portrayed in the climbing films Free Solo (for rock climbing) and The Alpinist (for ice climbing and for alpine climbing).
Solo_climbing
American climber and BASE jumper (1972–2015)
alpine climbing route, Deep Blue Sea 5.12 (7b/+), on the north face of the Eiger. Potter invented freeBASEing as a combination of free solo climbing (rock
Dean_Potter
Technique of rock climbing
Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where two climbers work together to ascend a climbing route. The lead climber clips their rope
Lead_climbing
Mountaineering and climbing term
which is called free climbing. In free-climbing, the term first free ascent (abbreviated FFA) denotes where a mountain or climbing route is ascended without
First_ascent
Ice climbing on ice and rock surfaces
Mixed climbing is an ice climbing discipline used on climbing routes that do not have enough ice to be regular ice climbs, but are also not dry enough
Mixed_climbing
Type of rock climbing
Aid climbing is a form of rock climbing that uses mechanical devices and equipment, such as aiders (also called 'ladders'), to assist in generating upward
Aid_climbing
British mountain climber
never consider climbing in another way. If I couldn't climb alpine style, then I would stop climbing. It's the only ethical way to climb big mountains
Paul_Ramsden_(climber)
Steep section of a climbing route requiring a rope
and climbing on routes with more than one pitch is known as multi-pitch climbing (where the number is large, it can be big wall or alpine climbing). Modern
Pitch_(climbing)
International sport governing body
The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union internationale des associations d'alpinisme (UIAA; French
International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
International_Climbing_and_Mountaineering_Federation
Type of climbing
Multi-pitch climbing is a type of climbing that typically takes place on climbing routes that are more than a single rope length – approximately 50 to
Multi-pitch_climbing
Climbing without using aid
Free climbing is a form of rock climbing in which the climber can use rock-climbing equipment for their protection, but not as an artificial aid to help
Free_climbing
British adventure climber
climbing. Those include ice-climbing, rock climbing, deep-water soloing (of which he is considered a pioneer) and alpine climbing. Emmett has established
Tim_Emmett
Type of sport
Rock climbing is a climbing sports discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of natural rock in an outdoor environment, or on artificial resin
Rock_climbing
List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names
sub-classes) include: Climbing-based: Mountaineering (including alpine climbing and expedition climbing), ice climbing (including mixed climbing and dry-tooling)
Mountain_sport
Technique used in climbing
Examples of simul-climbing Simul-climbing (or using a running-belay) is a climbing technique where a pair of climbers who are attached by a rope simultaneously
Simul-climbing
Section of a climbing route
in rock climbing and alpine climbing may require special climbing techniques (e.g. a pendulum or a tension traverse), and pieces of climbing equipment
Traverse_(climbing)
British mountain and alpine climber
rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer and climbing author. He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing and was awarded the Piolet d'Or three times
Mick_Fowler
Type of protected alpine climbing route
ferrate or in English via ferratas) is a protected climbing route found in the Alps and certain other alpine locations. The protection includes steel fixtures
Via_ferrata
Mountaineering expert who guides travellers or other mountaineers on their path
the 19th century when alpine climbing became recognized as a sport. A mountain guide's skills include: Rock climbing Ice climbing Mountaineering Skiing
Mountain_guide
Canadian rock climber and guide (1986–2026)
rock-climbing guide. He was known for establishing first free ascents (FFAs) on difficult traditional climbing routes. Stanhope died in a 2026 climbing accident
Will_Stanhope
Technique in mountaineering
glissading down snow slopes A glissade is a climbing technique mostly used in mountaineering and alpine climbing where a climber starts a controlled slide
Glissade_(climbing)
British sports club founded in London 1857
be found in offshoots such as the 'Alpine Climbing Group' (ACG), which was founded in 1952 and merged with the Alpine Club in 1967; the ACG is aimed at
Alpine_Club_(UK)
Walking over mountain glaciers
skiing, or even ice climbing on a glacier using various pieces of special equipment, such as crampons, climbing ropes, climbing harness, helmets and
Glacier_travel
Tools and gear to assist in climbing
Rock-climbing equipment varies with the specific type of climbing that is being undertaken by the climber(s). Bouldering needs the least equipment: climbing
Rock-climbing_equipment
American big wall rock climber and mountaineer (1944–2018)
the standards of both aid climbing and big wall climbing, and later alpine climbing. He wrote numerous articles on climbing and developed several important
Jim_Bridwell
Type of rock climbing
Traditional climbing is still the dominant format on longer multi-pitch climbing routes, such as on alpine and big wall routes. Traditional climbing carries
Traditional_climbing
Slovenian alpinist
Pamir Mountains to climb Independence Peak, via a demanding route that included climbing ice waterfalls. Marija and her team climbed a new route on the
Marija_Frantar
Form of rock climbing
Climbing". Climbing. Retrieved 5 January 2025. Sherman 2017, p. 52. Long, John and Luebben, Craig (1997). Advanced Rock Climbing. How to Rock Climb.
Bouldering
Skills used in climbing
climbing Mixed climbing technique as is used in mixed climbing and in dry-tooling Mountaineering technique as is used in mountaineering and in alpine
Climbing_technique
1995 book by Walter Bonatti
of texts where Bonatti recounts his experiences of expedition climbing and alpine climbing over several continents. It includes his account of the 1954
The_Mountains_of_My_Life
Term for abandoning partners while hiking
Alpine divorce is a neologism describing situations where an individual was abandoned by their romantic partner during hiking, climbing or mountaineering
Alpine_divorce
Bouldering, single pitch and multi-pitch / big wall
history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines – bouldering, single-pitch climbing, and big wall (and multi-pitch) climbing – can trace their
History_of_rock_climbing
Most famous alpine climbing routes
of vertical faces in the Swiss, French, and Italian Alps known in alpine climbing for their technical difficulty, high level of objective danger, and
Great_north_faces_of_the_Alps
French mountaineer (1964–1998)
the alpine skier Georges Mauduit. Mauduit started climbing at the age of 15 in the French Alps. After ascending several difficult alpine climbing routes
Chantal_Mauduit
French mountaineer and rock climber
in sport climbing and alpine climbing. He died climbing the Dom ridge, Switzerland, during his attempt to do an enchainment of all 82 Alpine 4,000-metere
Patrick_Berhault
American rock climber and mountaineer (1949–1992)
continent for the National Science Foundation. The Mugs Stump Alpine Climbing Award for aspiring alpine climbers is named in his honor. Mugs was born in Mifflintown
Mugs_Stump
Technique used in climbing
climbing rope team by summiting the Breithorn. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rope teams. Alpine climbing Rope solo climbing Simul climbing Davis
Rope_team
Mountain face in the Swiss Alps
900 ft). With alpine climbing routes that are up to four kilometers long, the face hosts some of the Alps' longest and most demanding climbing routes, with
North_face_of_the_Eiger
English mountaineer (1888–1961)
frequent hill walkers and she began climbing in Perthshire as a child on family holidays. She joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club in 1919, while working as
Dorothy Thompson (mountaineer)
Dorothy_Thompson_(mountaineer)
British professional climber
activities including competition climbing, traditional climbing, sport climbing, alpine climbing, and ice climbing & mixed climbing. According to her website
Lucy_Creamer
Indian mountaineer (1944–2025)
Sherpa climbing guides in North America with RMI Expeditions, also known as Rainier Mountaineering, Inc (RMI). His work bridged Himalayan climbing traditions
Phursumba_Sherpa
Type of rock climbing
Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in the sport of rock climbing in which the lead climber clips their rope—via a quickdraw—into
Sport_climbing
Mountaineers, rock climbers, and ice climbers
(including alpine climbing), rock climbing (including aid climbing, free climbing, bouldering, speed climbing and competition climbing) or in ice climbing (including
List of climbers and mountaineers
List_of_climbers_and_mountaineers
Topics referred to by the same term
Zealand's South Island Alpine climbing, a branch of climbing in which the primary aim is very often to reach the summit of a mountain Alpine Endurance Team,
Alpine
Italian mountaineer and alpinist (1930–2011)
explorer and journalist. He was noted for many climbing achievements, including a solo climb of a new alpine climbing route on the south-west pillar of the Aiguille
Walter_Bonatti
British–American rock climber and mountaineer (1939–2024)
photographer, climbing historian, author, and alpinist. He is known for establishing difficult and influential alpine style climbing routes from 1965
Chris_Jones_(mountaineer)
Rope-controlled descent
StudyRockClimbing.com Drummond, Liz (August 12, 2013). "How to Simul-Rappel". Climbing. Retrieved 7 March 2016. "Backing Up An Abseil". Chockstone Climbing in
Abseiling
Devices used for ascending, braking, or protection in climbing
Nunn; Alan, Rouse (1986). Climbing. Bell & Hyman Ltd. ISBN 0713526203. Houston, Mark; Cosley, Kathy (2004). Alpine Climbing: Techniques to Take You Higher
Ascender_(climbing)
Outdoor social clubs
Alpine clubs are typically large social clubs that revolve around climbing, hiking, and other outdoor activities. Many alpine clubs also take on aspects
List_of_alpine_clubs
Canadian mountain climber and author (born 1959)
America's top alpine climbers, noted for pushing the standards of highly technical, high-risk alpine climbing, ice climbing, and mixed climbing in the Canadian
Barry_Blanchard
Technique in mountaineering
self-arrests on snow slopes The self-arrest is a climbing technique mostly used in mountaineering and alpine climbing where a climber who has fallen and is sliding
Self-arrest
Most often used route to climb a mountain
(French: voie normale; German: Normalweg) is the most frequently used climbing route for ascending and descending a given mountain peak; it is usually
Normal_route
American sport coach, author, entrepreneur, mountaineer and mountain guide
2006 Piolet d'Or. After a near fatal accident in 2010 he stopped hard climbing, saying that he wanted to share all the training knowledge resources he
Steve_House_(climber)
2015 climbing film
Himalayas. The route required a complex range of alpine climbing, big wall climbing, and aid climbing techniques, and had rebuffed many famous climbers
Meru_(film)
1959 book by Heinrich Harrer about the first ascent of the Eiger's north face in 1937
history of mountaineering and alpine climbing in the area. The White Spider tells the stories of the first attempts by alpine climbers to ascend the Eiger's
The_White_Spider
Topics referred to by the same term
feet. Climbing, Climb or The climb may also refer to: Climbing equipment, and the related items such as: Climbing harness Climbing rope Climbing shoe Rock-climbing
Climbing_(disambiguation)
American rock climber (1990–2017)
council. In 2013, Kennedy and his climbing partners Kyle Dempster and Josh Wharton won a Piolet d'Or for their alpine style first ascent of the south face
Hayden_Kennedy_(climber)
French mountaineer and rock climber
after his climbing partner had been killed in a fall. He climbed eleven of the fourteen eight-thousanders, many of them alone or by new climbing routes.
Jean-Christophe_Lafaille
Mountain in Washington (state), United States
to its name, serve as formidable alpine climbing objectives that demand more than 20 pitches of sustained climbing. The area around Dragontail Peak is
Dragontail_Peak
German climber and mountaineer (born 1966)
big wall climbing) and mountaineer (especially alpine climbing). He lives in Berchtesgaden with his family. His brother and regular climbing partner is
Thomas_Huber
Japanese mountaineer (born 1942)
Japanese team of mountaineers who established the Japanese Direct alpine climbing route on the north face of the Eiger. She was also the first Japanese
Michiko_Imai
Graphical representation of a climbing route
topos In climbing, a topo (short for topology) is a graphical representation of a climbing route. Topos range from a photograph of the climb on which
Topo_(climbing)
Type of solo climbing with protection
Rope-solo climbing or rope-soloing (or self-belaying) is a form of solo climbing (i.e. performed alone without a climbing partner), but unlike free solo
Rope_solo_climbing
Austrian rock climber and mountaineer (1990–2019)
years old when Himalaya veteran Peter Habeler first watched Lama climb in a climbing camp organized by Habeler. Afterward, Habeler immediately called
David_Lama
American climber and business owner
powered by wind and solar energy and a biomass furnace. Alpine climbing Ice climbing Mixed climbing "2020 Honoured ascents". Piolets d'Or. 2023. Retrieved
Mark_Richey
Rock climbing equipment
Bolt Climbing equipment American Alpine Institute. "American Alpine Institute Intro to Aid Technique". "Tech Tip - Big Wall - Copperheading". climbing.com
Copperhead_(climbing)
Building for food and shelter at high elevation
is of unwardened "climbing huts" providing fairly rudimentary accommodation (but superior to that of a bothy) close to a climbing ground; the huts are
Mountain_hut
20th-century British mountain climber (1962–1995)
team. She solo climbed all of the great north faces of the Alps in a single season—a first for any climber. This feat included climbing the north face
Alison_Hargreaves
Granite spires in mountains in Pakistan
Face, and was climbed in 1984 by Andy Selters and Scott Woolums. This is a long technical alpine climb with extensive rock and ice climbing. 1984 East Face
Trango_Towers
Act of climbing buildings
known as edificeering, urban climbing, structuring, skywalking, boulding, or stegophily) describes the act of climbing on the outside of buildings and
Buildering
Climbing term for route information
Beta is a climbing term that designates information about how to ascend a climbing route, and the specific climbing techniques required—and how to apply
Beta_(climbing)
Person who escorts travelers or tourists through unfamiliar locations
assuring the safety of the climbing party. This professional class of guides arose in the middle of the 19th century when Alpine climbing became recognized as
Guide
Polish mountain climber (born 1950)
photographer and climbing author. He is a member of The Explorers Club and the founder of the Patagonia Mountain Agency. He has been climbing since 1970 and
Ryszard_Pawłowski
Mountain peak in the country of Canada
West of the ACC's Conrad Kain hut. It is known for its alpine climbing. The Spire was first climbed by Conrad Kain in 1916. Northeast Ridge (D-, 5.8) This
Bugaboo_Spire
Person who provides cultural heritage interpretation to tourists
trips, including hiking, whitewater rafting, mountaineering, alpine climbing, rock climbing, ski and snowboarding in the backcountry, fishing, and biking
Tour_guide
Rock face on the Reiter Alps, Germany
several classic Alpine climbing routes, that are rarely attempted. On the left-hand side there have been several worthwhile Alpine sports climbing routes, established
Alpawand
Israeli mountaineer and SAR specialist
During that climbing season of spring 2012, 11 climbers died on Mount Everest. On March 9, 2012, Ben Yehuda broke the Israeli record of climbing skyscrapers
Nadav_Ben_Yehuda
Large block or column of glacial ice
Catalunyan Saddle in Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island in Antarctica Alpine climbing Penitente (snow formation) Ice calving Post, Austin; Lachapelle, Edward
Serac
Mountain group in the Northern Limestone Alps
routes. The ridge of Jubiläumsgrat is a high alpine climbing route that links these two summits. The climbing along the Blassenkamm ridge over the tops of
Wetterstein
Alpine climbing route in British Columbia, Canada
South Howser Tower is a circa 17 pitch 750-metre (2,460 ft) alpine-climbing traditional-climbing route, in The Bugaboos range of the Purcell Mountains of
West Buttress (South Howser Tower)
West_Buttress_(South_Howser_Tower)
American mountain climber, writer and gym owner (born 1961)
the late 1980s and early 1990s with a series of difficult, dangerous alpine climbs in various ranges around the world. His radical, light-weight approach
Mark_Twight
Technique in mountaineering
crevasse, to safety. Crevasse rescue is considered a core skill set in alpine climbing, but difficult to do efficiently. It is typically encountered by rope
Crevasse_rescue
English rock climber and mountaineer (1933-1985)
started his climbing career with Joe Brown in 1951. Whillans met Brown while climbing at the Roaches in Staffordshire. When Brown's climbing partner failed
Don_Whillans
Historic single pitch, multi-pitch and boulder climbs
In rock-climbing, a first free ascent (FFA) is the first redpoint, onsight or flash of a single-pitch, multi-pitch or bouldering climbing-route that did
List of grade milestones in rock climbing
List_of_grade_milestones_in_rock_climbing
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