"Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains."
Activities that involve climbing mountains or other high peaks, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and alpine climbing.
"Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas that have become sports in their own right."
"Indoor climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering are also considered variants of mountaineering by some, but are part of a wide group of mountain sports."
"Although women's participation in mountaineering has grown, the gender gap is still pronounced in terms of quantitative engagement in these forms of sport tourism."
"Unlike most sports, mountaineering lacks widely applied formal rules, regulations, and governance; mountaineers adhere to a large variety of techniques and philosophies when climbing mountains."
"A federation of alpine clubs, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), is the International Olympic Committee-recognized world organization for mountaineering and climbing."
"The consequences of mountaineering on the natural environment can be seen in terms of individual components of the environment (land relief, soil, vegetation, fauna, and landscape)."
"Mountaineering impacts communities on economic, political, social, and cultural levels, often leading to changes in people's worldviews influenced by globalization, specifically foreign cultures and lifestyles."
"In competitive mountaineering, the success rate of females is currently higher than that of males."
"Mountaineering activity, involving such activities as mountain climbing and trekking..."
"Although women's participation in mountaineering has grown, the gender gap is still pronounced in terms of quantitative engagement in these forms of sport tourism."
"A federation of alpine clubs, the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA), is the International Olympic Committee-recognized world organization for mountaineering and climbing."
"Unlike most sports, mountaineering lacks widely applied formal rules, regulations, and governance; mountaineers adhere to a large variety of techniques and philosophies when climbing mountains."
"Mountaineering impacts communities on economic, political, social, and cultural levels, often leading to changes in people's worldviews influenced by globalization, specifically foreign cultures and lifestyles."
"Indoor climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering are also considered variants of mountaineering by some, but are part of a wide group of mountain sports."
"The consequences of mountaineering on the natural environment can be seen in terms of individual components of the environment (land relief, soil, vegetation, fauna, and landscape)."
"Mountaineering impacts communities on economic, political, social, and cultural levels..."
"Mountaineering impacts communities on economic, political, social, and cultural levels..."
"In competitive mountaineering, the success rate of females is currently higher than that of males."
"Mountaineering activity, involving such activities as mountain climbing and trekking..." Note: The provided paragraph does not contain specific quotes addressing all the study questions directly. Some questions are answered by summarizing and combining information from multiple parts of the paragraph.