mountaineer

Example Sentences

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He was chosen for the expedition by its leader, Swiss mountaineer Norman Dyhrenfurth, because of his experience in climbing under icy conditions, including numerous summits of Mt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The Chiefs moving from one Kansas City to the other brought to my mind that “Beverly Hillbillies” scene where Jed Clampett accidentally strikes oil, instantly making a millionaire of the poor mountaineer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The park is essentially "providing all of the services without collecting fees, so they're losing money, which seems bad," said 29-year-old mountaineer Jack Taylor.

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

This was on the Tibetan side but something similar had unfolded on the Nepal side, where a South Korean mountaineer died on Mera Peak.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

My formal Spanish must have sounded as pretentious to the ears of the paisano as “Whither goeth my sire?” would have sounded to a semi-literate Ozark mountaineer.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou