cragsman

Example Sentences

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Excepting head, however, no other quality of a cragsman is required for Sharp Edge; the footing is ample, and the hands would be less called into requisition than even on Striding Edge.'

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

A boyhood spent on the cliffs at Kirkcaple had made me a bold cragsman, and the porphyry of the Rooirand clearly gave excellent holds.

From Prester John by Buchan, John

For such work a mountaineer or a cragsman, or Winifred, is needed.'

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

A few jolting fragments of rock were all that was left of it—insufficient even for a practiced cragsman to make his way along on either side.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

All four men were born mountaineers, good climbers, and they were led by the most expert cragsman I have seen.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward