Sentence examples for major climb from inspiring English sources

Just getting to Lho Pass from Base Camp is a major climb.

After his fifth victory, Eddy Merckx finished second in 1975, when a French fan injured him with a punch in the liver during a major climb.

After passing Cemetery Hill, the last major climb on the Van Cortlandt Park course, Cabral made a strong downhill run and found himself a few strides ahead of Harvard's Dan Chenoweth, the defending champion — "somewhat by accident," he said.

As I reached the top of the first major climb and came in view of Thampe Tso (lake), I heard a whistle behind me and spotted Sangay bounding toward me with seemingly limitless energy.

In a display of panache, when he lost 30 seconds to his nearest rival on a major climb, he regained the time with a breathtaking descent that showed no fear of falling again.

Our fourth day, we tackled the famed Col du Tourmalet, the first major climb of the race and the stage where it was predicted that Lance would take the lead.

He said: "This is a major climb-down by a man who is willing to smear without getting his facts straight".

DiGiulian has also earned cash prizes at major climbing competitions.

When another climber ascended it in 2006, Herr's achievement was discounted by a major climbing magazine because his prosthetic legs were seen as giving him an advantage.

He had trained on the most-difficult routes up the Alps before being recruited for the first major climbing expedition up Mount Everest in 1921.

Armstrong has finished his customarily thorough preparations, scouting the major climbs and time-trial courses, especially L'Alpe d'Huez, which he has ascended this spring for days at a time.