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alpinist

[al-puh-nist] / ˈæl pə nɪst /
NOUN
mountain climber
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NOUN
mountaineer
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"If you are only interested in the height of the peak then there are limited mountains to climb," French alpinist and veteran expedition leader Paulo Grobel told AFP.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

"He's had probably one of the most impressive last six months of climbing of anyone I can think of," veteran alpinist Clint Helander told the Anchorage Daily News in July.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2025

Australian alpinist May Cooper called the conditions "terrifying."

From Reuters • Aug. 23, 2023

In 2018, he became a sponsored athlete for The North Face, which connected him with famed alpinist Conrad Anker, who became a mentor.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2022

Fischer told me that he thought Lopsang had the potential to be “the second coming of Reinhold Messner”—the famous Tyrolean alpinist who is far and away the greatest Himalayan climber of all time.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer