Thesaurus results for ALPINIST

alpinist

noun

as in mountaineer

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Recent Examples of alpinist By Lilit Marcus May 23, 2016 Mount Everest Summit Reached by Foreign Climbers for First Time in Two Years A team of two British and one Mexican alpinists reached the top of the world's tallest mountain, it was announced Thursday. —

Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2026 And Kelly Cordes, a climber, alpinist, and author, had a photo of his mullet during an ice climbing competition end up in the New York Times in 2012. —

Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025 Allow ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger to explain. —

Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for alpinist

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In addition to being aerobically-gifted, ski mountaineers must stride with massive force, delivered in under a half second per step—a cadence comparable to that of many recreational runners.

— Matt Fuchs, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026
Rubato’s Explorer rollneck is a throwback to an era before technical clothing, when mountaineers and Arctic pioneers had to rely on knitwear.

— Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026