Mountain Climbing
noun, verbal noun
Climb a mountain. That is mountain climbing.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well. Note this uses the alternative と reading, not to be confused with とう (actually, very confusing, sorry!). Just imagine you cut your toe off with an ice pick while mountain climbing. You know it's a short と because your toe is now short. And さん becomes ざん thanks to our old friend rendaku.
登山は楽しいです。
Mountain climbing is fun.
登山の楽しみは山で食べるおにぎりです。
My favorite part of mountain climbing is eating rice balls on the mountain.
「登山に行くってのはどう？」「さあ、どうしようかなあ。」
"How about we go mountain climbing?" "Well I don’t know about that."