I would love to go mountaineering.  A trip to Mount Kailash in Tibet is on my bucket list.
Seems too dangerous to me. Although the term can be related to backpacking, hiking, skiing and any other outdoor climbing.
LOL. No one can climb Mount Kailash. it is a holy mountain.  You circumambulate , or walk around the mountain.
I don't know much about it. Mountaineering started out as trying to reach the very top, but now it has other aspects that people aspire too.