cragsman

Example Sentences

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A few jolting fragments of rock were all that was left of it—insufficient even for a practiced cragsman to make his way along on either side.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

I became a daring cragsman, a character to which an English lad can seldom aspire, for in England there are neither crags nor mountains.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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 Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Excepting head, however, no other quality of a cragsman is required for Sharp Edge; the footing is ample, and the hands would be less called into requisition than even on Striding Edge.'

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

The expert cragsman climbs to attain acrobatic efficiency, and may aim at nothing higher than inspired legs.

From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)