Sentence examples for ascent without from inspiring English sources

Standouts include a trouble-loving Harley salesman from Hollywood and an asthmatic Dane who plans to make the ascent without supplemental oxygen.

A year later, in 1955, the jilted adventurer tried to secure a sponsorship for his own solo K2 ascent without oxygen, predating Viesturs's feat by four decades.

Other Kanchenjunga climbing milestones include the first woman to reach the summit (Briton Ginette Harrison in 1998), the first solo ascent (Frenchman Pierre Béghin in 1983), and the first ascent without the use of supplemental oxygen (Britons Peter Boardman, Doug Scott, and Joe Tasker in 1979).

That runs against the prevailing wisdom that thorough acclimatization is a necessity for any ascent without supplemental oxygen.

Nishimura (2006) showed that magma ascent without out-gassing causes accelerated volcanic inflation that may lead to explosive eruptions.

While he was alive, he also held the record for the fastest ascent without oxygen, having reached the top in under 17 hours.

There have been, for instance, solo ascents without oxygen.

Her ascent was made without Sherpas and without the use of oxygen.

But the ascent wasn't without controversy.

His 1986 ascent of Mount Everest, without bottled oxygen and in a night-time push that took just 40 hours, made headlines in climbing magazines and newspapers.

Hill was the first person (male or female) to climb the "nose" of Yosemite's El Capitan in a free ascent (that is, without the aid of gear and with no ropes other than those used to protect from a fall).