mountaineer
noun
an inhabitant of a mountainous district.
was mountaineering
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past progressiveof mountaineer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Pushing on through rain and mud and sludgy snow, crossing many brown, boulder-choked torrents, wading, jumping, and wallowing in snow up to my shoulders was mountaineering of the most trying kind.
From Travels in Alaska by John Muir
