2. What is mountaineering?
Mountaineering or mountain climbing, is the sport
of attaining, or attempting to attain, high points in
mountainous regions, mainly for the pleasure of
the climb.
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• mountaineering lacks widely-
applied formal rules,
regulations, and governance
• 2.5 accidents per 1000
mountaineers per year or 5.6
injuries per 10,000 hours of
mountaineering