alpinism

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There are no easy answers when it comes to weighing the responsibility an individual with mental illness has to their teammates in the life-or-death sport of alpinism, but Richards believes it shouldn’t preclude involvement in high-stakes endeavors, or life in general.

From New York Times

That setting can lead to unintended microaggressions, like the Alpinism I course on Mount Baker with American Alpine Institute for which she maxed out her credit card in 2016.

From Seattle Times

But on Denali, the four neophytes were unknowingly redefining alpinism.

From The Guardian

So it followed, logically, that even here on the isolated mountain, they were ignoring the conventions of turn-of-the-century alpinism by climbing so lightly clad with cumbersome pike poles, moving hastily across such unjustifiably dangerous and unknown terrain.

From The Guardian

That’s true for big-wave surfing, wingsuit flying, free-diving, extreme skiing and ultralight alpinism.

From The Guardian