mountaineer
noun
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
are mountaineering
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present progressiveof mountaineer.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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A few miles farther are mountaineering in the Cairngorms, a handsome new ski center at Aviemore and free trout fishing in silvery Highland streams.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nor is it only on the continent of Europe that there are mountaineering clubs.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
Still they don't know our object and we must persuade them we are mountaineering tourists.
From Northwest! by Harold Bindloss
