cragsman

Example Sentences

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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

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

From Aylwin by Watts-Dunton, Theodore

He would go out on all-day excursions, enjoying the thrills of clambering up to what appeared to be inaccessible ledges, until eventually he became an expert cragsman.

From The Life of George Borrow by Jenkins, Herbert George

Waving our shillelagh, we shouted the cragsman to Glenmalure and Carn Tual, and Achill and Slieve League.

From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Once on the summit the successful cragsman can have any wish he may pine for.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.