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mountaineering

sport of mountain climbing
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Summary

mountaineering is a type of sport[1]. mountaineering draws 5,091 Wikipedia views per month (type of sport category, ranking #99 of 435).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: climbing discipline[3], hobby[4]
  • Followed by: BASE jumping[5], extreme skiing[6]
  • Subclass of: mountain sport[7], outdoor recreation[8], climbing[9]
  • Commons category: Mountaineering[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mountaineering[11]
  • Commons gallery: Mountaineering[12]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Mountaineering[13]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14], New International Encyclopedia[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17]
  • Topic has template: Template:登山[18]
  • Has list: glossary of climbing terms[19]
  • Practiced by: mountaineer[20], mountain guide[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]
  • Social media followers: 177,905[23]

Why It Matters

mountaineering has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] mountaineering is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19396
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C19396, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 386Zik
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → mountaineering, alpinism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Subreddit: Mountaineering, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/144663474|Mountaineering (#144663474)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5569|Subreddit "
  4. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → mountaineering
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: mountaineering, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955058|mountaineering (#289955058)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  5. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009924-alpinismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0009924-alpinismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  6. 21w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Georgian encyclopedia id → 24918
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, New International Encyclopedia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +1
    Has list → glossary of climbing terms
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Openalex id: C49585166, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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