mountaineer
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“The most vulnerable thing you can do is to have a dream,” Chin, 52, an elite mountaineer, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pakistani mountaineer Sohail Sakhi's body was found a few days later, as was the body of American climber Mallory Geis.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Renowned mountaineer and former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja is among those killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Purja, 43, who served with Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas before joining the Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines, has broken multiple climbing records since becoming a full-time mountaineer and tour guide.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
But it was my father, a weekend mountaineer, who taught me to climb.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
“Everest: The Other Side,” from filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, follows mountaineers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison as they prepare to climb Everest’s north face and attempt an unprecedented ski descent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
DNA analysis later confirmed them to be those of two mountaineers who went missing 34 years ago near the Weissmies mountain, police said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Shock and grief have hit members of the alpine climbing community with the President of Nepal's National Mountain Guide Association Tul Singh Gurung saying they had "lost a generation of accomplished mountaineers".
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Some credit Purja for bringing Pakistan onto the radar of mountaineers through his feat of scaling the 14 peaks in just over six months, which was documented in a Netflix film.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Some moved gracefully, others resembled frozen mountaineers trying to shake off the cold, but all danced with enthusiasm and emotion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
In Nepal, by contrast, mountaineering infrastructure is well-developed.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
His death has sent shockwaves through the global mountaineering community and through Nepal, where he is a celebrated figure for giving a spotlight to Nepali climbing guides.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
It is certainly true that tennis requires discipline and sacrifice, but is this country-club sport really more intense than, say, distance running, mountaineering or solo sailing?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The avalanche has sparked an outpouring of shock in the mountaineering community, especially in Nepal, and leaders including Britain's Prince William have expressed condolences to the families of the climbers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
One of the more incredible feats in the annals of mountaineering, it was known forever after simply as The Belay.*
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
