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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.
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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
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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
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Founded in 1985 by Canadian mountaineers Pat Morrow and Martyn Williams and British pilot Giles Kershaw, the company began as Adventure Network International.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
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Another recall targets Petzl Nomic and Ergonomic ice climbing axes, which are widely used by ice climbers and mountaineers.—
Amanda Greenwood,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The climber was ultimately airlifted to a local hospital.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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In rock climbing, a few such traits include longer fingers, shorter forearms, and scraggly wrists, all of which might help a climber clutch at tiny crimps in the rock with substantially more ease.—
Namir Khaliq,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Alpinist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alpinist. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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