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Perhaps the axe's owner had fallen and become separated from what is in effect a mountaineer's parachute, the implement to self-arrest a fall by stabbing the axe's pick into the slope.
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A new expedition to Everest to locate the second mountaineer's body has come under fire from leading British experts and members of his family, who have criticised the commercial aims of the trip as "disturbing" and "distasteful".
Everest expedition to find Irvine's remains slammed as 'distasteful' 2011
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From the mountaineer's point of view so far as we have seen it no more appalling sight could be imagined.
Ascent to Immortality Michael J. Ybarra 2011
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Everest had been overrun by a circus of commercial expeditions, by people who paid to be hoisted up the slopes, but K2 had retained an aura of mystery and danger and remained the mountaineer's mountain.
'No Way Down' 2010
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For a man who hails from Appalachia, he sure is disconnected from the region's heritage, which is based on a every mountaineer's deep-seated love of and respect for the land.
Rob Perks: Coal Baron Don Blankenship's Crazy Talk on Climate Change 2009
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"Free-soloing" is the mountaineer's term for climbing alone, without implements or ropes, and Robert is one of perhaps a few dozen dedicated practitioners in the world.
Courting Danger: The Contrivance of Safety BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Mortenson initially approached Karakoram as a climber and he never lost the mountaineer's appreciation for the region's austere beauty and incredible physical challenges.
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A carabiner is the mountaineer's clip; a carabineer is a soldier wielding a carbine.
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Fission Belay jacket by Arc 'Teryx This superlight mountaineer's jacket weighs only 28 ounces and packs to the size of a grapefruit.
Snow Games 2007
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He turned around while I was grabbing the coil of brightly colored mountaineer's rope from the mouth, and he was ahead of me as we raced back.
Orphans of Chaos 2005
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