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Expedition climbing, the Glossary

Expedition climbing (or expedition-style or pejoratively siege climbing), is a type of mountaineering that uses a series of well-stocked camps on the mountain that lead to the summit (e.g. Base Camp, Camp 1, Camp 2, etc.), and which are supplied by teams of mountain porters.^[1]

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Mountaineering expeditions
Types of climbing
Types of mountaineering

Alpine climbing

Alpine climbing (Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpine environment. Expedition climbing and alpine climbing are types of climbing and types of mountaineering.

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Alpinist (magazine)

Alpinist is a quarterly American magazine focused on mountain literature and mountaineering ascents worldwide.

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American Women's Himalayan Expedition

The American Women's Himalayan Expedition was a 1978 expedition to Annapurna which placed the first two women, and first Americans, on its summit.

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Avalanche

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.

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Climbing (magazine)

Climbing is a major US-based rock climbing magazine first published in 1970.

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Climbing route

A climbing route (Kletterrouten) is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, or rock/ice-covered obstacle.

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Collins English Dictionary

The Collins English Dictionary is a printed and online dictionary of English.

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Doug Scott

Douglas Keith Scott (29 May 19417 December 2020) was an English mountaineer and climbing author, noted for being on the team that made the first ascent of the south-west face of Mount Everest on 24 September 1975.

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Edmund Hillary

Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.

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Eight-thousander

The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains recognised by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) as being more than in height above sea level, and sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks.

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Exploration

Exploration is the process of exploring, an activity which has some expectation of discovery.

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First ascent

In mountaineering and climbing, a first ascent (abbreviated to FA in guide books), is the first successful documented climb to the top of a mountain or the top of a particular climbing route.

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Fixed rope

In climbing and mountaineering, a fixed-rope (or fixed-line) is the practice of installing networks of in-situ anchored static climbing ropes on climbing routes to assist any following climbers (and porters) to ascend more rapidly—and with less effort—by using mechanical aid devices called ascenders.

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Glossary of climbing terms

Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and to ice climbing.

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Hermann Buhl

Hermann Buhl (21 September 1924 – 27 June 1957) was an Austrian mountaineer.

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High altitude breathing apparatus

High altitude breathing apparatus is a breathing apparatus which allows a person to breathe more effectively at an altitude where the partial pressure of oxygen in the ambient atmospheric air is insufficient for the task or to sustain consciousness or human life over the long or short term.

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Himalayan Journal

The Himalayan Journal is the annual magazine of the Himalayan Club in India.

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Joe Tasker

Joe Tasker (12 May 1948 – 17 May 1982) was a British climber, active during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

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List of Mount Everest expeditions

This is a list of notable expedition climbing attempts on Mount Everest.

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Mount Everest

Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.

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Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills is often considered the standard textbook for mountaineering and climbing in North America.

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.

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Peter Boardman

Peter Boardman (25 December 1950 – 17 May 1982) was an English mountaineer and author.

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Peter Habeler

Peter Habeler (born 22 July 1942) is an Austrian mountaineer.

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Piolets d'Or

The Piolets d'Or ("Golden Ice Axe") is an annual mountaineering and alpine climbing award organized by the (GHM), and previously with co-founder Montagnes Magazine, since its founding in 1992.

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Porter (carrier)

A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects or cargo for others.

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Reinhold Messner

Reinhold Andreas Messner (born 17 September 1944) is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol.

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Serac

A serac (from Swiss French sérac) is a block or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier.

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Seven Summits

The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven traditional continents.

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Sherpa people

The Sherpas (shar pa) are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal and Tibetan Autonomous Region.

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Tenzing Norgay

Tenzing Norgay (tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.

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The Mountaineers (club)

The Mountaineers is an alpine club in the US state of Washington.

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1950 French Annapurna expedition

The 1950 French Annapurna expedition, led by Maurice Herzog, reached the summit of Annapurna I at, the highest peak in the Annapurna Massif.

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1952 British Cho Oyu expedition

The 1952 British expedition to Cho Oyu the Turquoise Goddess was organized by the Joint Himalayan Committee.

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1953 British Mount Everest expedition

The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953.

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1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition

During the 1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition, Hermann Buhl succeeded in making the first ascent of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world.

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1954 Italian expedition to K2

On the 1954 Italian expedition to K2 (led by Ardito Desio), Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli became the first people to reach the summit of K2,, the second-highest mountain in the world.

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1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition

The 1955 British Kangchenjunga expedition succeeded in climbing the Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world, for the first time.

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1955 French Makalu expedition

The 1955 French Makalu expedition was the first to successfully climb Makalu, the Himalayan mountain to the southeast of Mount Everest, on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

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1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition

1960 Chinese Mount Everest expedition was the first to successfully ascend Mount Everest via the North Ridge.

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1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition

The 1970 British Annapurna South Face expedition was a Himalayan climb that was the first to take a deliberately difficult route up the face of an 8,000-metre mountain.

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1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition

The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces.

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1996 Mount Everest disaster

The 1996 Mount Everest disaster occurred on 10–11 May 1996 when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died on Mount Everest while attempting to descend from the summit.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_climbing

Also known as Climbing expedition, Expedition climber, Expedition style, Himalayan climbing, Siege climbing.

Expedition climbing, the Glossary

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See also

Mountaineering expeditions

Types of climbing

Types of mountaineering

References