He returned a year later, to attain the summit via the standard route — a step toward the goal.
Each one, for his own reasons, is trying to do a big year, to attain the summit of the birding subculture by logging more sightings than anyone else.
He attained the summit of his art whenever he combined his exquisite taste with his infallible intuition for the appropriate image by which to transcribe his dreams of a lost paradise of beauty, fulfillment, innocence, and youth.
He claimed to have reached the North Pole on April 22, 1908, but that has been disputed, and he also claimed to have attained the summit of Mount McKinley in September, 1908.
This achievement represented the only case where a woman climber would attain the summit of a major mountain before a male climber.
Holiday-making was a favorite theme of the impressionists, who "…show their particular talent and attain the summit of their art when they paint our French Sundays…kisses in the sun, picnics, complete rest, not a thought about work, unashamed relaxation" (6 ).
And for the most part "Over the Top" attains the summit of spectacle.
Similarly, the increased risk of death associated with summit success is intuitive in view of the amplified danger, increased fatigue, and prolonged exposure time associated with attaining the highest point as well as the potential for "summit fever," the notoriously bad judgment associated with summiting at any cost.
Judged by summits attained, the early decades of Himalayan climbing were a dismal failure.
Mr. June attained the rank of sergeant.
