mountaineer

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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 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

Pistono, an experienced mountaineer, had just skied the same run and was preparing to head back up to do it again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

"I'm a very scientific person," the mountaineer said as she returned to the memory of her father Thomas.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

Early the following morning Edmund Hillary, a rangy New Zealander, and Tenzing Norgay, a highly skilled Sherpa mountaineer, set out for the top breathing bottled oxygen.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer