cragsman

No cragsman in broadest daylight could do such a thing, he asserted.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Sir Walter Scott

"Not the hardiest cragsman, not my son himself," she said, "could venture on such a morning to guide you to—" "Whither, gracious dame?" asked Theurdank, half smiling.

From The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Charlotte Mary Yonge

Once on the summit the successful cragsman can have any wish he may pine for.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by H. C. Hart

Waving our shillelagh, we shouted the cragsman to Glenmalure and Carn Tual, and Achill and Slieve League.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

But now, at the present moment, he was unwilling to make essay of his prowess as a cragsman.

From Aaron Trow by Anthony Trollope

The superman is Captain Keith Mallory, a New Zealand mountaineer, "idol of the cragsmen," hero of legendary exploits in the Cretan resistance.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘Nay, none that folk wot of,’ said Dallach, ‘except to bold cragsmen with their lives in their hands.’

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris

He had heard of many cragsmen who had lost their lives in that way, and his own position was by no means the most favorable to defend himself against attack.

From Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

The natives are expert cragsmen, and much of their time is occupied in collecting birds' feathers.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

This added to the evil repute of the mountain; years passed before the cragsmen would have anything further to do with it.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix