Mountaineering Activities and Links
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If you come across an excellent resource, let us know at hello@harborandsprout.com so we can add it to the list!Hiking games and activities: https://appalachiantrail.org/explore/plan-and-prepare/hiking-basics/hiking-games-activities/
Everest Eduction Expedition: https://www.montana.edu/everest/index.html
Mountaineers Virtual Education Center: https://www.mountaineers.org/courses/virtual-education-center
Regrets & Lessons for Beginning (clothing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqphhktM7bI
How to Layer for Mountaineering: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_Ehqv6ZNu0
Alpine Climb Gear List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdbulO7JI8Q
Mountaineering Gear Check: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR_poEdzEpo
Workout for Mountain Climbing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIIB5t92HHc
Fitness Test for Mountaineers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQKddsLl990
Basics of Navigational Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lxk8HIvjIU
Then & Now Navigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpBKK-BhYnE
In and Out of Navigation w/Compass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZF-RKJcODQ
Survival Navigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Gjh681X9Y
How to use a Clinometer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CndjQAG7q0c
Altimeters and Altimeter Watches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb9yWLxPQq0
Best Handheld GPS devices (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8ttV29lUGc
Leave No Trace Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1gqyWw-RAM
Mountaineering- Height Doesn’t Matter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtwjj40t-No
Signs of Altitude Sickness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEng4_AymGs
Belaying Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGxbw40ny5M
Rappelling Fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OBQDUnf9I4
Alpine Climbing Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6L3i1yBOcE
Handhold Basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efaca9KZj8A
Alpine Mountaineering Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFA3nMVkhhwLmMZ7yyR_G1LhRaBN5f6lL
Ice Climbing Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcGY-M_Ds6s&list=PLFA3nMVkhhwJAJXYcvO0QXG3c9baAAs6G
Using Crampons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ_WsqrP6us
Just for fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcoVzLyFqNs
Mount Everest Discovery of Mallory’s body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFr1KdY6aiw
Everest’s First Summit (30 min doc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVLOJAXPC_s
First People to Conquer the Alps (Timeline): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs4U0cVcWck
Over 100 years Trad Climbing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VNT0y-zvro
The Mountain That Hasn’t Been Climbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gygL8P2n8zw
Kanchenjunga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzvZKw9inOs
Aconcagua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTrkx728dNg
Denali: https://www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=F2E72223-1DD8-B71C-07C5EC2EE006B435
Kilimanjaro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QalQMJbpBos
Mount Elbrus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kUkAxZlW44
Mount Vinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SW5um2wkj0
Mount Kosciuszko: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcW-vv7w2MY
Paralpinism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEZA43x0kPI
Why Won’t there Be Guides on Everest in 10 years? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfXIDMDmyL8
The Dolomites: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=990VPk0sf8E&t=15s
Our Great Dividing Range: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sJFJHXwqEs
Why Australia Has One of the Longest Mountain Ranges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sJFJHXwqEs&t=11s
Amazing Africa: Wildlife of the Highlands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7DQPi8HKsE
Andes Mountains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEIv-hJTAec
Climb the Majestic Rockies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqF5dQ-6Ek
Geology 16 (Mountains): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6i_k4jdLUg
Mount Everest (How the Mountain Was Made): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-oYON9V8tA&t=621s
The Rock Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp_S3BDiR-I
How to Predict the Weather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5nw-D2_H7k
Mountain & Valley Breezes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMRN7Vbcts
What is a Gap Wind? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxt1KqP6evo
Mountain & Valley Breezes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjMRN7Vbcts
Foehn effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqQoUXMquQ
Bora Winds - 10 Facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ItZXI5kRgk
Intro to Romantic Poetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOYgCmCD3VQ
Romanticism: Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vki6LRAf_-w
Percy Bysshe Shelley Biography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAv-40vNPhY
Reading of Mont Blanc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boVWpv1oDK0
Heavenly Sound from the Snowland: https://youtu.be/FTm3eJh4myo
Tibetan folk (Lu): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyltirfQ2s
Tibetan Folk Songs (1974 album): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHO-6h9-jo
Interview with Techung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQvAzRA7q4w&t=15s
Techung “Snow Lion of Peace”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATsJBX2-9Qk
Hokusai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC0oJgTcumo
The Great Wave Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBcB_dYtGUg
36 Views of Mt. Fuji Analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8OHy5jT__M
The Mountain Emergency Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_HeXvY9NkvKOVM__n6DLE2YIkxoMMQhL
Medical Equipment Mountain Rescue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o28cUAT52YA
Literary devices, definitions, and examples: https://writers.com/common-literary-devices
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills by The Mountaineers
Training for the Uphill Athlete by Steve House and Scott Johnston
Beyond Possible by Nimsdai Purja
Alone on the Wall by Alex Honnold and David Roberts
Medicine for Mountaineering & Other Wilderness Activities by James A. Wilkerson and Ken Zafren
Rock Climbing Technique by John Kettle
The Art of Shralpinism by Jeremy Jones
Training for Climbing by Eric Horst
Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life by Arlene Blum
Selected Poems and Prose by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything by Timothy Clark