Sentence examples for a formidable mountain from inspiring English sources

Next year, for the very first time, the Tour will send cyclists up a formidable mountain on the final Saturday, the last day of real competition.

With his brooding eyes, flowing dark hair and a voice inflected with the rumble and drawl of his native Denmark, he's a formidable mountain of a man.

Yet it is a rare chance to see some of the longest glaciers in the Himalayas and stand at the base of a formidable mountain that you can brag is more difficult to climb – largely due to a lack of infrastructure – than Everest.

A formidable mountain, howling winds and blinding snows, lionhearted climbers who know nothing of fear.

When we attain a peak experience -- falling in love, having sex with a stranger, climbing a formidable mountain, skydiving -- we stretch our capacity to tolerate risk.

Freestylers competing for world titles in a curling rink in the middle of a small-town rodeo, longboarders risking their lives on BC's formidable mountain highways, fingerboarders thriving in a remote Bavarian village, skaters from Israel and Palestine living drastically different existences mere kilometres apart, Todd fucking Falcon and many, many more.

Difficult to reach because of this formidable mountain, Cadaqués has long been popular with artists and an offbeat, bohemian European crowd.

The inclusion of countries such as Spain and Italy, which are separated from their European neighbours by formidable mountain chains, will require the completion not only of ambitious plans to lay new track and build new trains but also of projects to drill tunnels and build viaducts capable of supporting high-speed trains.

We encounter vast deserts, jungles, and formidable mountain passes in all kinds of weather: blistering heat, torrential storms, and treacherous blizzards.

This 93rd Giro traveled 3,430 kilometers from the start in Rotterdam on May 3 and the original field of 198 men, now down to 134 — a common rate of attrition — passed over narrow roads in cold and rainy weather, climbed formidable mountains and came down them at terrifying speeds.

Bang: Froome vaults clear of his rivals with 5km to go and grabs the yellow jersey as the plan to put the Sky rider in the lead – by a formidable 51sec – in the first mountain stage is executed with ruthless perfection.