mountaineer

1. Someone who climbs mountains (synset 110354280)
   is a type of:

   • adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
   • climber - someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains
   subtypes: alpinist - a mountain climber who specializes in difficult climbs
   specific instances:

   • edmund hillary, hillary, sir edmund hillary, sir edmund percival hillary - New Zealand mountaineer who in 1953 first attained the summit of Mount Everest with his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay (born in 1919)
   • tenzing norgay - Sherpa mountaineer guide who with Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the first to attain the summit of Mount Everest (1914-1986)
   same as: mountain climber

1. Climb mountains for pleasure as a sport (synset 201926888)
   referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
   is a type of: climb, climb up, go up, mount - go upward with gradual or continuous progress

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