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mountaineer Noun a person who climbs mountains Verb to climb mountains mountaineering n
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The consequence is that they are less hardy, self-dependent and game-spirited than the mountaineer. I am inclined to think that a good mountaineer like myself could ascend the rock to the top, though he would, of course, be no nearer to the plateau when he had done so. In a few minutes all three were approaching the dreary tail of the MacNabs' street: the girl with the stern and breathless stride of the mountaineer, the criminologist with a lounging grace (which was not without a certain leopard-like swiftness), and the priest at an energetic trot entirely devoid of distinction. |
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