Mountaineering

An introduction to mountaineering

Mountaineering is a physically challenging sport which improves both your physical fitness and cardiovascular fitness levels as well as reducing body fat through aerobic exercise. Requiring technical skills and equipment, mountaineering’s great reward is in reaching the summit!

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Top 10 tips for mountaineering

Mountaineering is a great outdoor activity for getting your body fit and healthy through challenging yet fun exercise. Whether looking to climb mountains in this country or overseas, your body is sure to face some key fitness battles, so read our realbuzz.com top tips before starting out ...

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The mountaineering gear guide

Much of the clothing equipment needed for mountaineering has already been described in the realbuzz.com section on hiking. Some additional points to bear in mind for mountaineering apparel is to make sure that you have freedom of movement for swinging your arms, legs and ice axes around!

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Types of mountaineering

Different styles or methods of mountaineering have evolved over the years. The main impetus behind this evolution in styles of climbing has been the massive advances in mountaineering equipment.

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