Sentence examples for conquer mountain from inspiring English sources

They use bikes to get around in the city, not to conquer mountain trails on bikes with shock absorbers or to race on smooth roads on bikes with featherweight frames and skinny tires.

Why do we still feel the urge to "conquer" mountains?

Also among the participants was adventurer Sir Chris Bonington, whose long career has seen him conquer mountains such as Everest, the Eiger and Annapurna.

At a little under 20,000ft, I stood there breathless but satisfied that, despite the aches and pains, I could still push myself to conquer mountains both literal and metaphorical.

There are other stories like it, ones that have annealed our familial bonds — an accident of birth — into something else: We are a crew, a gang, and together we conquer mountains and then go to the lodge to drink hot cocoa and brag about it.

Huntington Beach feels ready to conquer mountains after beating the Griffins (24-2) on the road to claim a share of the Sunset League title.

I conquered mountain roads and hours of wet pavement.

EL MONTE —The Bellarmine-Jefferson High football team came, saw and, in overtime, conquered Mountain View on Friday night.

Somehow evolution manages to find a way of conquering mountains while not planting its flag on insignificant peaks.

"South ship north horse," for example, dates back to the early Chinese travelers who forged rivers and canals in the south by ship and conquered mountains and fields in the north on horseback.

Whereas climbers and hikers in the West relish the thought of conquering mountains alone, the Chinese generally think of outings in Nature as a spiritual escape, to be enjoyed with friends.