mountaineer

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Thrall passed the guide, also known as Hillary Dawa Sherpa after famed mountaineer Edmund Hillary.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

An experienced mountaineer, Shelley was climbing with her boyfriend and business partner, Dave Ashley, and guides Tawa and Phurba Sonam Sherpa.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

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

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