mountaineer
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“The most vulnerable thing you can do is to have a dream,” Chin, 52, an elite mountaineer, said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"The weather and snow conditions are going to be crucial," said Tshiring Jangbu Sherpa, a prominent Nepalese mountaineer who has taken part in other recovery missions.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Standing with you on the summit of Mount Everest is a memory I will cherish forever," fellow mountaineer and guide Uttam Lapraki wrote in a tribute to Yukta on social media.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Purja, who served with Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas before joining the Special Boat Squadron of the Royal Marines, broke multiple climbing records since becoming a full-time mountaineer and tour guide.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Oh, fleet rocket, your thunder wanders down the valleys, startling deer and mountaineer alike.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
“Everest: The Other Side,” from filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, follows mountaineers Hilaree Nelson and Jim Morrison as they prepare to climb Everest’s north face and attempt an unprecedented ski descent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Renowned climber Nirmal Purja and nine other mountaineers were killed on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
The climb was one of the last of the season, meaning that there were few other mountaineers on the peak.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Veteran mountaineers and Everest novices were among those who reached the summit in the last week, and many of them also set new benchmarks with their climbs.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
After Messner and Habeler proved that Everest could be climbed without gas, a cadre of ambitious mountaineers agreed that it should be climbed without gas.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
In Nepal, by contrast, mountaineering infrastructure is well-developed.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It is certainly true that tennis requires discipline and sacrifice, but is this country-club sport really more intense than, say, distance running, mountaineering or solo sailing?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The avalanche has sparked an outpouring of shock in the mountaineering community, especially in Nepal, and leaders including Britain's Prince William have expressed condolences to the families of the climbers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
Purja, 43, was born in Nepal and went on to join the British Army’s special forces before embracing mountaineering as his passion and career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
Their mountaineering experience varied from none at all to very slight—certainly none of them had the kind of experience which would make an ascent of Everest a reasonable goal.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
