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Members of an Indian army mountaineering expedition ascend a ridge with Mt. Bhagirathi in the background, near a Gaumukh camp along the Gangotri glacier. Indian Army soldiers unpack a tent and break up camp, to move to a higher campsite in the mountains. Breakfast is served, meanwhile, and everyone heads over for their morning meal before the trudge up the Raktvarn glacier, to the Base Camp of Mt. Sri Kailash. Beautiful view of the mountaineers climbing on the steep slope of mountain from the base camp. Mountaineering or mountain climbing is the sport, hobby or profession of hiking, skiing, and climbing mountains. While mountaineering began as attempts to reach the highest point of unclimbed big mountains it has branched into specializations that address different aspects of the mountain