It's not exploring Pompeii, but John Auldjo published a best-selling narrative of his being the first Briton to accomplish a feat in this activity.
It's not exploring Pompeii, but John Auldjo published a best-selling narrative of his being the first Briton to accomplish a feat in this activity. Horace Benedict de Saussure established a prize for this activity that was claimed 26 years later by Michel-Gabriel Paccard. Pioneers of this activity in Europe include Edward Whymper. A man whose body was lost for over seventy years after he died doing this activity justified it with the quote (*)  "because it's there". A New Zealand beekeeper achieved a milestone in this activity with the help of Tenzing Norgay. George Mallory and Edmund Hillary were both assisted in this activity by Sherpas. For 10 points, name this activity in which axes and picks are used to ascend places such as Everest.
It's not exploring Pompeii, but John Auldjo published a best-selling narrative of his being the first Briton to accomplish a feat in this activity.
mountain  climbing [or  mountain eering; or  alpinism ; accept  climb ing Mount  Everest  or  climb ing Mont  Blanc  or  climb ing the  Matterhorn ]