Sentence examples for record ascent from inspiring English sources

On one of the toughest climbs, to Peña Cabarga, Horner beat the record ascent of Joaquim Rodríguez, set in 2010, by 16 seconds.

This is generally agreed to be the record ascent at 37 minutes and 35 seconds, and was Pantani's first stage win in the Tour.

The next winter, he followed up with record ascents of the north faces of the Grandes Jorasses (he broke the speed record by four and a half hours) and the Matterhorn (the whole thing in less then two hours).

He stunned the climbing world last year not only by completing record ascents on the northwest face of Half Dome and the nose of El Capitan in a single day, but also by choosing to use minimal protective gear.

The next winter, he followed up with record ascents of the north faces of the Grandes Jorasses (he broke the speed record by four and a half hours) and the Matterhorn (the whole thing in less than two hours).

Mount Bigelow, whose first recorded ascent was by Timothy Bigelow, stands just south of the lake.

In the early 19th century, the earliest notable recorded ascents of Mauna Kea included the following: On August 26 , 1823 Joseph F. Goodrich, an American missionary, made the first recorded ascent in a single day; however, a small arrangement of stones he observed suggested he was not the first human on the summit.

They include a record 11th ascent by a British mountaineer, the first by a Saudi woman and the ascent of the oldest person yet to conquer the peak, 80-year-old Yuichiro Miura, from Japan.

Henry W. Stuckle of the Hayden Survey was the first to record an ascent of the peak in 1874.

He was one climb short of the world record of ascents on Everest, currently set at 20 and held by Nepalese climber Sherpa Apa.

In September 1829, Johann Jacob von Parrot, a German, made the first recorded successful ascent.