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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

On Aug. 9, the alpinist was hiking with a friend.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2025

Ms Manners is an alpinist, a mountain climber who specialises in difficult climbs, and now lives in Chamonix, France.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2024

Another Australian alpinist, Daniel Trevena, has been coming to the region for over 10 years.

From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023

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


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