mountaineer
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The casualties include Bijay Ghimere, the first mountaineer from Nepal's underprivileged Hindu Dalit community to scale Mount Everest.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
He was chosen for the expedition by its leader, Swiss mountaineer Norman Dyhrenfurth, because of his experience in climbing under icy conditions, including numerous summits of Mt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
The Chiefs moving from one Kansas City to the other brought to my mind that “Beverly Hillbillies” scene where Jed Clampett accidentally strikes oil, instantly making a millionaire of the poor mountaineer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
The park is essentially "providing all of the services without collecting fees, so they're losing money, which seems bad," said 29-year-old mountaineer Jack Taylor.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
But it was my father, a weekend mountaineer, who taught me to climb.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
As most mountaineers attempt the ascent with the help of at least one Nepali guide, about a thousand climbers are expected to head for the summit in the next few days.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
The US defense official said that several helicopters, vessels, drones, mountaineers and divers were involved in the search.
From Barron's ● May 3, 2026
CH-47 Chinook, Moroccan and U.S. drones, a U.S. logistics support vessel, a Moroccan Navy frigate, and Moroccan mountaineers and divers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
He climbed to the highest point on earth on 1 May 1963 and remained among the most highly regarded mountaineers for decades, returning to Everest with his family when he was 83 years old.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
There were memoirs by Arctic explorers, fearless mountaineers, and deep-sea divers who braved the briny deep wearing those newfangled diving costumes.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
In Nepal, she traveled to Everest Base Camp to write a dispatch for the Christian Science Monitor on the country's attempts to more closely regulate the mountaineering industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"This is another milestone in Nepal's mountaineering history," Himal Gautam, spokesperson for Nepal's Tourism Department, told AFP.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
Members of the co-op mainly bought mountaineering equipment imported from Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
He was promptly drafted into the Army, but his mountaineering experience led him to be assigned to the Mountain and Cold Weather Training Command in Colorado instead of combat duty in Korea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight—certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
