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cragsman
noun[ C ]
old-fashioneduk /ˈkræɡz.mən/ us /ˈkræɡz.mən/plural-menuk /ˈkræɡz.mən/ us /ˈkræɡz.mən/
someone who takes part in the sport or activity of climbing on rocks or in mountains:
This mountain is very obviously the preserve of expert cragsmen only.
Every cragsman dreads an injury that will stop them climbing.
Only equipped and experienced cragsmen should attempt the traverse of the ridge from end to end.
They had to come back, because even he and his Nepalese cragsmen could find no way.
The islanders were formidable cragsmen, who earned their living - in the form of sea birds and their eggs - from these sheer sea cliffs.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Mountaineering & rock climbing
abseil
abseil down something
abseiling
alpenstock
alpinism
climb
climber
climbing
climbing wall
coasteering
free soloing
free soloist
ice axe
ice pick
karabiner
rappel
rappelling
rock climbing
sherpa
soloing
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