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alpinist

/ˈalpɪnɪst/

noun

A climber of high mountains, especially in the Alps.

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I wonder, was Sir Edmund Hillary an alpinist before he challenged Everest?

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[Wikipedia does not mention the Alps among the mountains Hillary climbed.]

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