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Recent Examples of alpinist
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.
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Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Allow ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger to explain.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
Smith, who also served as second unit director, says within a month of prep, the team of alpinists had run safety and guide lines and the location department set up stream lights throughout the park to accommodate sunrise load-ins and
sunset load-outs.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Allow ski alpinist Christina Lustenberger to explain.
—Outside Online, 10 Dec. 2025
Smith, who also served as second unit director, says within a month of prep, the team of alpinists had run safety and guide lines and the location department set up stream lights throughout the park to accommodate sunrise load-ins and
sunset load-outs.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alpinist
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Hunter, then 20 years old and an experienced mountaineer, flew 25 yards down a slope.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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An experienced mountaineer, Michelle Yu, also fell to her death in 2011 after poor weather rolled into the area.—
Outside,
Outside,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The first climber to reach Hunter was Army Maj.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois, has four canyons for experienced climbers.—
Ginger Crichton,
Midwest Living,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Alpinist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpinist. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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