mountain man
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It was heaven for a 20-something mountain man who could climb and backcountry ski to his heart’s content while working in one of the world’s most stunning alpine settings.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2023
Known widely as a mountain man, Beckwourth embarked on a fur-trading expedition in 1823 and an expedition to the Rocky Mountains the following year.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021
He was born in Lewisburg but grew up in Charleston and lightly refers to himself as a mountain man and a hillbilly.
From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021
During the pandemic, he has traded his Washington-based policy wonk look with a trimmed beard and buzzed hair for a shaggier and scruffier look to fit a Colorado mountain man.
From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2021
The layers of furry skins he wore made him look like a mountain man.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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