ascents

• “He has used powerful bursts of speed on mountain ascents to gain an edge.”

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• “Among the first recorded ascents is that in August 1838 by a group of several European botanists: Henri Galeotti, Nicolas Funck, Auguste Ghiesbreght and Jean-Jules Linden.”

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• “After making the first ascents of several peaks, Mr. Chouinard and his friends drew a map of the unnamed mountains they had explored—and then burned it.”

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• “Members of Harvard and Dartmouth's mountaineering clubs claimed many of North America's most difficult first ascents, and for years upper-class British climbers deemed it unsporting to use pitons, or iron spikes, on even the most harrowing verticals.”

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• “In the late 1980s, he made a number of first freestyle ascents of some classic peaks, including Hasse-Brandler on Cima Grande in the Italian Dolomites and the Swiss route on Cima Ovest.”

  The Washington Post: Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall

• “He recorded scores of first ascents, some freestyle, on some of the most challenging mountains.”

  The Washington Post: Obituary: Freestyle mountain climber Kurt Albert dies of injuries from fall

• “He was one climb short of the world record of ascents on Everest, currently set at 20 and held by Nepalese climber Sherpa Apa.”

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• “As a nation, we've been riveted by the debates over the debt-ceiling crisis, the credit downgrade, the dizzying ascents and descents of the stock market.”

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• “Notwithstanding several ascents, you'll gradually descend into the hot jungle environment characterizing Palenque, a stark contrast to the relatively cold climate of San Cristóbal you've just left.”

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• “George Guppy had helped me in no end of ascents, and because of his coolness, judgment and absolute reliability I had come to trust my life in his hands with the utmost confidence.”

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