Sentence examples for close to the summit from inspiring English sources

Five riders escaped close to the summit of the first climb.

For serious langlaufers there is a loipe on the glacial plateau close to the summit.

I was close to the summit and there was no turning back.

At that time, a famous Scottish rock climber called Dougal Haston, who was on an Everest expedition, encamped close to the summit.

"We are this close to the summit of the mountain," Mr. Obama told his close advisers in a meeting in late January, said one participant.

They were among a group of 15 people who were very close to the summit of Monte Nevosowhen the avalanche hit in the late morning.

The trail is less pristine than other Scenic Hudson trails — broken glass and debris appear closer to the summit — a reminder of its urban environs.

In 1938, as a member of the first American expedition on K-2, he had come even closer to the summit than he did in 1953.

A few other Tibetan demonstrators joined them and the group ran down the footbridge onto heavily policed San Martin Marg where officials nabbed them before they could get closer to the summit venue.

Celtic moved closer to the summit of the Premiership with a deserved victory over a dogged Inverness CT side.

Only a small fraction has been removed, leaving eight to 10 tonnes, including in the "death zone", the part of the mountain closest to the summit – like discarded oxygen cylinders, ropes, tents, batteries and plastic.