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Record 1 1996-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

Long climbs in the high mountains which involve rock and ice climbing.

CONT

Alpine climbing style usually means moving camps up the mountain in a continuous push ... All equipment and supplies are carried with the team at all times.

OBS

Alpinism: Sometimes used to denote climbing which involves snow and ice at fairly high altitudes - as in the Alps. Perhaps a corruption of the French alpinisme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Ainsi l'expédition légère, de même que les nouvelles formes d'alpinisme dans les Alpes, tendent à relancer le mythe de l'alpinisme des origines, où l'homme affronte la montagne avec le moins d'intermédiaires possible. Par expédition légère, on entend une expédition ne recourant pas à la logistique complexe des expéditions traditionnelles (porteurs d'altitude, camps et cordes fixes, oxygène) et limitée quant au nombre de participants.

Spanish

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