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Once sufficient funds were raised, Askari Aviation took the four mountaineers to Nanga Parbat’s base camp on Friday at the request of the Polish Embassy in Islamabad, according to Mr. Amir. — Meher Ahmad, New York Times, "Climber Rescued on Pakistan’s ‘Killer Mountain,’ but Another Is in Peril," 28 Jan. 2018 Who will win: The odds are on Free Solo, National Geographic’s stomach-drop-inducing look at solo mountaineer Alex Honnold’s climb of Yosemite’s El Capitan rock . . . — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "Who Should Win at the Oscars vs. Who Will Win," 20 Feb. 2019 While the rest of our team—composed of African mountaineers, photographers, and guides—sped down Nyiragongo’s rocky slopes, Vilane, a 47-year-old South African, and I, a 35-year-old magazine editor from New York, set a steady pace together in back. — Jessica Flint, Outside Online, "Meet the First Black Man to Summit Everest," 7 May 2018 Later Saturday, guides cut a pathway through the debris field and climbers continued up the route, said Calvin Sherstan, a longtime mountaineer who was making his fifth ascent of Mount Rainier. — Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "‘This would have been an unsurvivable event’: When a glacier crumbles on Mount Rainier," 12 July 2018 While the pants were certainly bright and the mountaineer footwear was an outré choice for date night, the curious standout here was Jenner’s oversize t-shirt. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Kendall Jenner Is the Same Age As Her Vintage Shaggy T-Shirt," 25 July 2018 In May 2006, 50-year-old Australian mountaineer Lincoln Hall climbed to the summit of Mount Everest. — Brynn Mannino, Woman's Day, "9 Miraculous Rescues," 4 Nov. 2010 For ideas, look to the pros: early Alpine mountaineers. — Vogue, "Day 12: Embrace the Cold," 12 Nov. 2018 Photo: Acey Harper/Getty Images My parents were mountaineers who liked packing their backpacks and heading up to the White Cloud Mountains on the weekends to fish. — WSJ, "Skier Picabo Street Used Anger to Banish Fear and Become an Olympic Champion," 30 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mountaineer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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