1.   An avid mountain climber, always on an expedition to some far-off corner of the world.

2.   An avid mountain climber in a district where outdoor recreation is king, Udall directed the Colorado Outward Bound School for a decade.

3.   Avid solo mountain bike racers for many years, the Newhall couple received sponsorship from a bicycle company and wound up racing on the same team for a year.

4.   He was an avid mountain climber, hunter, fisherman and alpine and cross-country skier.

5.   In his later years, Morrow, an avid mountain climber, took part in the physiological training program of NASA.

6.   Mike Dickerman, a friend of the Watermans who also writes about the New England outdoors, said the couple were avid mountain climbers.

7.   An avid mountain climber, Smith climbed every year and translated several mountaineering books, The Daily Telegraph said.

8.   Brower was an avid mountain climber and skier who dropped out of college as a sophomore after studying butterflies.

9.   Like Sopena, Rocca was an avid mountain climber and enjoyed trekking in the Patagonia wilds in southern Argentina.