Difference between revisions 546261 and 549077 on testwiki

{{Info|'''This page exists for testing purposes by the Wikimedia Foundation.  It was copied, with slight modification, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaineering.  Please do not delete.'''}}
{{Redirect|Alpinist|the magazine|Alpinist (magazine)|the practice of closed-circuit diving without a bailout|Rebreather#Bailout}}
{{Redirect|Mountaineer|other uses|Mountaineer (disambiguation)}}
(contracted; show full)e climber falling, falls from ice slopes, falls down snow slopes, falls into crevasses and the dangers from altitude and weather.<ref name=MedicalProblems>{{cite journal |author1=Cymerman, A |author2=Rock, PB |title=Medical Problems in High Mountain Environments. A Handbook for Medical Officers |publisher=US Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |volume=USARIEM-TN94-2 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7976 |accessdate=2009-03-05
 |archive-date=2009-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423042510/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7976 |url-status=dead }}</ref> To select and follow a route using one's skills and experience to mitigate these dangers is to exercise the climber's craft.

===Falling rocks===
[[File:Kate-at-fleshmarket.JPG|thumb|right|Climbing a steep rocky cliff]]

(contracted; show full)eat to safety. High [[wind]]s can speed the onset of [[hypothermia]], as well as damage equipment such as tents used for shelter.<ref name="MedicalProblems"/><ref name=Hamilton>{{cite journal |author=Hamilton, AJ |title=Biomedical Aspects of Military Operations at High Altitude |publisher=US Army Research Inst. of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |volume=USARIEM-M-30/88 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7975 |accessdate=2009-03-05
 |archive-date=2009-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629231611/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7975 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under certain conditions, storms can also create waterfalls which can slow or stop climbing progress. A notable example is the [[Foehn wind|Föhn wind]] acting upon the Eiger.

===Altitude===
(contracted; show full) is the underlying cause of altitude sickness. Everyone needs to acclimatise, even exceptional mountaineers that have been to high altitude before.<ref name=Acclimatization>{{cite journal |author1=Muza, SR |author2=Fulco, CS |author3=Cymerman, A |title=Altitude Acclimatization Guide. |journal=US Army Research Inst. Of Environmental Medicine Thermal and Mountain Medicine Division Technical Report |issue=USARIEM–TN–04–05 |year=2004 |url=http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7616 |accessdate=2009-03-05 
|archive-date=2009-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423042451/http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/7616 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Generally speaking, mountaineers start using [[bottled oxygen]] when they climb above 7,000 m. Exceptional mountaineers have climbed [[Eight-thousander|8000-metre peaks]] (including [[Mount Everest|Everest]]) without oxygen, almost always with a carefully planned program of acclimatisation.

===Solar radiation===
(contracted; show full){{Climbing navbox}}
{{Portal bar|Mountains}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Mountaineering| ]]
[[Category:Types of climbing]]
[[Category:Climbing techniques]]