mountain climbing

Mountaineering is a sport of ascension in high mountain, which is based on different techniques of progression.
Mountaineering involves a difficulty in progress (technique, risk), identical to the high mountain routes of the Alps, and is thus distinguished from hiking. Mountaineering is also defined as a sport or leisure activity, and is thus distinguished from climbs with religious (pilgrimage) or utilitarian (hunters, crystalliers, military) ascents.