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Definitions of mountaineer
  1. noun
    someone who climbs mountains

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  2. verb
    climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
Definition that contains mountaineer
  • hillary New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
  • rappel (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
  • sherpa a member of the Himalayan people living in Nepal and Tibet who are famous for their skill as mountaineers
  • piton a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
  • abseil (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
  • carabiner an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
  • 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)
  • edmund hillary New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
  • snap ring an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
  • karabiner an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes
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