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alpinist

[al-puh-nist] / ˈæl pə nɪst /
NOUN
mountain climber
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NOUN
mountaineer
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"If you are only interested in the height of the peak then there are limited mountains to climb," French alpinist and veteran expedition leader Paulo Grobel told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

"He's had probably one of the most impressive last six months of climbing of anyone I can think of," veteran alpinist Clint Helander told the Anchorage Daily News in July.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025

Born in Bellingham, Leen was an avid Cascades climber who put up routes with legendary Washington alpinist Fred Beckey.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2023

Another Australian alpinist, Daniel Trevena, has been coming to the region for over 10 years.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023

Stump, an alpinist of world renown who died on Denali in 1992, had just completed a difficult new route on a nearby peak, the Mooses Tooth.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer


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