cragsman

Example Sentences

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But I never got within a thousand feet of it, for the crowning bastions are almost sheer, and would need a better cragsman than myself to negotiate.

From A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa by Cornell, Frederick

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

He would go out on all-day excursions, enjoying the thrills of clambering up to what appeared to be inaccessible ledges, until eventually he became an expert cragsman.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George

I was a bold cragsman," said Ochiltree, "once in my life; but it's lang syne, and nae mortal could speel them without a rope.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

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)