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alpinist
or ·辱·
[ al-puh-nist ]
noun
- a mountain climber, especially in the Alps.
- a downhill skier, especially one engaging in competitive slalom and downhill events.
alpinist
/ ˈæɪɪ /
noun
- a mountaineer who climbs in medium-sized glaciated mountain areas such as the Alps
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Derived Forms
- ˈ辱Ծ, noun
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Ms Manners is an alpinist, a mountain climber who specialises in difficult climbs, and now lives in Chamonix, France.
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Once upon a time, alpinists laboriously hacked steps into it — literal stairways to heaven.
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This “high-altitude work,” Mr. Tusk later recalled, involved being a “crazy alpinist” and equipped him to calibrate results and risk, a useful political skill.
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Another Australian alpinist, Daniel Trevena, has been coming to the region for over 10 years.
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An experienced alpinist from Northern Ireland was found dead and another climber from India went missing on the same mountain in central Nepal on Tuesday.
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