PEH Flashcards
Often known as mountain climbing or alpinism, is a sport that involves reaching, or attempting to reach, high points in mountainous locations, primarily for the enjoyment of the ascent.
Mountaineering
People have been ascending to mountains as PASTIME.
1336
In what year did 2 English men climbed for their pleasure to mountenvers near Chamonix to observe the glacier which later be called “ La Mer de Glace”
1741
2 English men to observe the Glacier
“la Mer de Glace”
• William Windham
• Richard Pococke
In what year did Jacques Balmat and Michel Gabriel Paccard successfully climbed the mountain in Germany, the Mont Blanc.
1786
In what year did the first woman, Marie Paradis, reached the peak of Month Blanc
1808
The first woman to reach the peak of Mont Blanc
MARIE PARADIS
In what year did the summit of the swiss wetternhorn by sir Alfred Wills and regarded mountaineering as a sport.
1865
Successfully climbed
Mountain in Germany, the Mont Blanc
• Jacques Balmat
• Michel Gabriel Paccard
Basic form of mountaineering
• Rock Climbing
• Ice Climbing
• Mixed Climbing
It is the sport of climbing rock faces, especially with the aid of ropes and special equipment
Rock Climbing
It is the activity of ascending into inclined ice formations.
Ice Climbing
It is the sport of climbing a combination of rocky and ice routes
Mixed Climbing
Types of Mountaineering peaks based on Accessibility
• Open Peak
• Protected Peak
Everyone is allowed to climbed this peak of mountain WITHOUT ANY SPECIAL PERMISSION
Open Peak