# Help me ID this mountain climbing game from my youth **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644 "2018-03-16T04:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/1 "2018-03-16T04:37:08Z")
I am trying to rediscover a game from my youth in the 70s. It was a mountaineering game, and I don’t recall much about it. What I do remember is: - It had a cloth or other simple type of folding map - You moved up paths on the mountain that were along lines, rather than square after square. There was more than one route you could take, with different risks… - I \*think \*it was card driven. The cards had raised printing. - One card was snowblind. The cards were darkish brown, with rounded corners. It may have been a game on an Everest attempt. It may have been called Mountaineer or something like that, but my googlefu is weak. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/2 "2018-03-16T04:46:53Z")
[Alpiner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpiner_%28video_game%29?wprov=sfla1)? I had it for the ti99/4a. It was a catridge. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/3 "2018-03-16T05:33:12Z")
No, it’s a board game. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/4 "2018-03-16T05:39:09Z")
Ah, nm then. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/5 "2018-03-16T13:17:33Z")
[Does it have an awesomely catchy tune?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHv5jgXz9I8) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/6 "2018-03-16T13:25:11Z")
Mountaineering? > **[Mountaineering](https://boardgamegeek.com/image/68239/mountaineering)** > > Image for Mountaineering ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-mountain-climbing-game-from-my-youth/810644/7 "2018-03-16T16:31:28Z")
Actually, I think that’s it. The pictures show the board game, but there’s one showing a version that came in a bag, and that’s what we owned. Sadly there’s no photos of the components form the bag game, but based on what I can see I’m pretty sure that’s it. Thanks!