Sentence examples for tough mountains from inspiring English sources

I built my skills up on the less challenging mountains so I was prepared for the tough mountains.

"That is going to be a tough, tough mountain to climb," he added.

The ninth of eleven children, Hafez al-Assad came from a poor and tough mountain tribe.

Andy Schleck was supposed to be in the French Pyrenees, preparing for tough mountain stages of the coming Tour de France.

His was a huge accomplishment, but he told the children they'd done a fine job on a tough mountain.

Bjarne Riis, the team manager of the Saxo Bank squad, said that Schleck just needed time to calm down and that he would be ready for the tough mountain stages.

But he finished 101st in yesterday's tough mountain stage and has dropped to 95th over all, nearly 16 minutes behind the leader, Stefano Garzelli, the 2000 winner.

In 2012 he opened a Twitter account with the handle @herdyshepherd1 – he specialises in Herdwick sheep, the tough mountain breed synonymous with the Lake District.

On the road to Sappada, the fratricidal struggle at the heart of the Carrera team played itself out over 224km and three tough mountain passes.

On Friday, Horner did just that, snatching back the overall lead from Nibali by three seconds, before extending it Saturday on the tough mountain climbs to the summit of L'Angliru.

"A tough man for a tough mountain," Rick Richards wrote in "Ski Pioneers: Ernie Blake, His Friends & the Making of Taos Ski Valley". When Blake died in 1989, the ski patrol threw 21 hand charges from Highline Ridge in salute.