mountaineer
noun
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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That didn't deter Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, 58, the chief executive of Nestle, who has been mountaineering in the Alps since he was a child.
From Time Magazine Archive
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