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Notable major classes of mountain sports (with sub-classes) include: Climbing-based: Mountaineering (including alpine climbing and expedition climbing), ice climbing (including mixed climbing and dry-tooling), rock climbing (including aid climbing, big wall climbing, and multi-pitch climbing), and Via Ferrata climbing
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In remote locations, mountaineers will set up a "base camp," which is an area used for staging attempts at nearby summits. Base camps are positioned to be relatively safe from harsh terrain and weather. Where the summit cannot be reached from base camp in a single day, a mountain will have additional camps above base camp.
In 2002, Frontier was purchased by Geoff Langford, who introduced 14-hour Adventure Challenge events, restructured the company as Frontier Adventure Sports & Training, and created the Camp Frontier brand offering week-long training camps in Mexico and Costa Rica. Since its inception, Frontier has hosted over 100 race events in Canada. [23]
Canyoning in Gitgit, Bali, Indonesia Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a sport that involves traveling through canyons using a variety of techniques, such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (), swimming, and rafting.
Cub Adventure Camp: Heart of Virginia Council: Maidens, Virginia: Active: Cub Adventure Camp (est. 2002) offers year-round camping and outdoor programming which includes shooting sports, nature, swimming, aquatics, and camping for Cub Scout aged youth and their families. Camp Baird (Lenhok'sin Program) National Capital Area Council: Goshen ...
Expedition climbing (or expedition-style or pejoratively siege climbing), [1] [2] is a type of mountaineering that uses a series of well-stocked camps on the mountain leading to the summit (e.g. Base Camp, Camp 1, Camp 2, etc.), that are supplied by teams of mountain porters. [2]
Founded by Arctic explorer, zoologist and geographer Angelo Heilprin, the American Alpine Club was established in 1902 and had 45 founding members. [2] [3] These original members were primarily from the East Coast, although a handful resided in the Midwest, Washington, and Alaska.