mountain climbing

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Origin of mountain climbing

First recorded in 1870–75

OTHER WORDS FROM mountain climbing

mountain climber, noun

Words nearby mountain climbing

mountain bluet, mountainboard, Mountain Brook, mountain cat, mountain chain, mountain climbing, mountain cranberry, mountain currant, mountain daisy, mountain devil, mountain dew

How to use mountain climbing in a sentence

Back then known as Mount McKinley, the plan was to gather footage for a film being made to generate the public’s interest in mountain climbing.
Space Exploration Is Hot. What Came Before?|Josefina Salomon|August 10, 2021|Ozy
Growing up in the Soviet Union, Yurchenko read books about high-achieving individuals in various pursuits — music, mountain climbing, anything — and it left her with similar aspirations.
Yurchenko and beyond: The origins of Simone Biles’s revolutionary vault|Emily Giambalvo|June 4, 2021|Washington Post
As a practical example, imagine an athleisure brand launching microsites for targeted content in mountain climbing, in snowboarding, and in city cycling.
How to manage a high-performing content marketing team|Kevin Payne|June 16, 2020|Search Engine Watch
Then they came up against a police patrol on mountain bicycles, which again led to more shooting, without injuries.
Police Hunt for Paris Massacre Suspects|Tracy McNicoll, Christopher Dickey|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In just a few hours on Tuesday, the dollar exchange rate collapsed from 64 to 80 rubles before climbing back to about 68.
How Crimea Crashed the Russian Economy|Anna Nemtsova|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Also in Germany, he made The Mountain Eagle, which was set, Hitchcock recalled, “in Old Kentucky, wherever that might be.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We kept on shooting for another year...and were never able to get the shot of him climbing on the horse.
‘No Regrets’: Peter Jackson Says Goodbye to Middle-Earth|Alex Suskind|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cadets mimicked his commands, which he issued in drawn-out syllables in his high-pitched, mountain-inflected voice.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
These residents then killed the parish priest, and without arms fled for safety to the mountain ravines.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
We came down the rest of the mountain more carefully, though still a great deal too fast.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.
Uncanny Tales|Various