summit attempt
Try for top
A summit attempt is an effort to reach the highest point of a mountain, particularly in mountaineering expeditions where reaching the peak is not guaranteed.
The term acknowledges that factors like weather, exhaustion, or danger may force climbers to turn back: Three climbers died during a summit attempt on K2.
A successful summit attempt ends at the top; an unsuccessful one means the climber retreated or failed to reach the peak.
- peakUtmost height attained
- ascentUpward movement
- climbAscend using effort
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- mountaineerProfessional summit climber
Everest · base camp · altitude · thin air · oxygen · oxygen bottle · rope · rope team · crampon · sherpa · ridge · push · bivouac · acclimatize · go for broke · no turning back · death zone · fixed line
- outdoor adventureshiking, wilderness camping, backpacking, trekking, mountaineering
- summitspeak, apex, pinnacle, zenith, top
- mountaineeringalpinist, mountaineer, ice axe, ice axes, crampons
- adventure sportsrock climbing, mountaineering, skydiving, bungee jumping, paragliding
- Expeditionsexpedition, Antarctic expedition, Arctic expedition, expeditions, Arctic exploration
- Mountain Tourismalpine skiing, cable car, chairlift, chalet, gondola
summit attemptdescent
Downward slope or lineage
downclimb · retreat · going down · rappel · abseil
summit attemptturnaround
Shift in opposite direction
turning back · abandonment · strategic retreat · bailing · pulling the plug
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