climber

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Wharton’s relentless social climber, Undine Spragg, is named after the hair product that made her father his fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026

Without supplemental oxygen, a fully acclimatised climber would typically survive only two to three days at that altitude.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

As Thrall went down, he found a Polish climber who was struggling after running out of supplementary oxygen and had suffered frostbite.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

That same day, 52-year-old Lhakpa Sherpa, who's also known as the "Mountain Queen", broke her personal record for the most ascents by a female climber, after her 11th Everest summit.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“He started out doing odd jobs, working a sewing machine, things like that,” remembers Bill Atkinson, now an accomplished climber and guide, who also worked at Alp Sports at the time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer