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mountaineer

DEFINITIONS OF: mountaineer

1

n someone who climbs mountains

Synonyms:
mountain climber
Examples:
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
Tenzing Norgay
Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
Types:
alpinist
a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
Type of:
adventurer, venturer
a person who enjoys taking risks
climber
someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains

v climb mountains for pleasure as a sport

Type of:
climb, climb up, go up, mount
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
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