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alpinist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mountain climber, mountaineer |
| Derivation | alpinism |
Examples of alpinist
alpinist
By this stage of his career, Payne had been an alpinist for almost three decades.
From the guardian.co.uk
Finally in 1976 at age 42, the well-coifed, well-lifted social alpinist got her man.
From the washingtontimes.com
It is, as French alpinist Gaston Rebuffat once wrote in another context, a place between heaven and Earth.
From the sfgate.com
Hartmut Gau, an experienced German alpinist, was the latest to turn around, hallucinating at 21,000 feet.
From the ocregister.com
Noguchi is Japan's most famous alpinist.
From the edition.cnn.com
Blanc Massif averages nearly 100 fatalities a year with published estimate of 6000-8000 alpinist fatalities in total.
From the en.wikipedia.org
His son said that Dr. Houston's father, Oscar Houston, liked walking in mountains, but was not a technically skilled alpinist.
From the post-gazette.com
Always a lover of nature and the outdoors, an accomplished skier and keen alpinist, he was also the proud owner of a little canoe in which he had courted our mother.
From the guardian.co.uk
Founded in 1972 by alpinist, big-wall climber and Yosemite legend Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia since its beginning has been at the forefront of the green movement.
From the sacbee.com
- A mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
- (alpinism) mountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps)
- Alpinist is a quarterly American magazine focused on mountaineering ascents worldwide. It was originally published out of Jackson, Wyoming and was founded in 2002. With resurrection in 2009, Alpinist is now based in Jeffersonville, Vermont.
- The Alpinist Unit is a special Israeli Defence Force infantry reserve unit, under the command of the Israeli Northern Command, specializing in mountain warfare, snow warfare and difficult terrain warfare in the northern front, especially Mt. Hermon.
- A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation; A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains; Of or pertaining to alpinism
- N. someone who enjoys climbing very large piles of loose rock held together by rapidly thawing ice in the dark.
