| 单词 |
free climber |
| 释义 |
free climber, n. Mountaineering and Rock-climbing. Brit. |ˈfriː ˌklʌɪmə|, U.S. |ˈfri ˌklaɪmər| [‹ free adj. + climber n. Compare later free-climb v.] A climber who undertakes free climbs. In quot. 1932: spec. a person who climbs at high altitude without the aid of oxygen apparatus.
1932F. E. Younghusband in Times 1 Feb. 13/5 There must be no division of mind between oxygenists and free-climbers... Free-climbers have already reached 28,000ft. Men carrying loads have reached 27,000ft. 1964R. Westmoreland Adventures in Climbing iii. 55 The artificial aid climber can go where the free climber cannot. 1998Daily Mail (Nexis) 23 Sept. 9, I cannot relate at all to the free climbers or base jumpers who do that for kicks. It seems that you either succeed or you fail and failure is death. |

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