first ascent
1First ascent — In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first modern recorded climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. First ascents are notable because they are the climbs that entail genuine exploration; the… …
2ascent — [[t]əse̱nt[/t]] ascents 1) N COUNT: oft N of n An ascent is an upward journey, especially when you are walking or climbing. In 1955 he led the first ascent of Kangchenjunga, the world s third highest mountain. Ant: descent 2) N COUNT An ascent is …
3ascent */ — UK [əˈsent] / US noun Word forms ascent : singular ascent plural ascents 1) [countable] a climb upwards, especially up a hill or mountain the first ascent of Mt Everest 2) [countable] a slope, or the path that someone uses to climb a slope the… …
4ascent — as|cent [əˈsent] n 1.) [C usually singular] the act of climbing something or moving upwards ≠ ↑descent ▪ the first ascent of Everest 2.) [C usually singular] a path or way up to the top of something, for example a mountain ≠ ↑descent ▪ a rugged… …
5ascent — as|cent [ ə sent ] noun * 1. ) count a climb upward, especially up a hill or mountain: the first ascent of Mt. Everest 2. ) count a slope, or the path that someone uses to climb a slope: the southeast ascent of the mountain 3. ) count or uncount… …
6First (Grindelwald) — Infobox Mountain Name = First Photo = Caption = Elevation = convert|2166|m|ft|0|lk=on Location = SUI Range = Bernese Alps Prominence= latd= 46|latm=39 |lats=38 |latNS=N longd=8 |longm=3 |longs=13 |longEW=E pushpin Coordinates = coor at… …
7First (Kandersteg) — Infobox Mountain Name = First Photo = Caption = Elevation = convert|2549|m|ft|0|lk=on Location = SUI Range = Bernese Alps Prominence= Coordinates = coord|46|30|17.5|N|7|38|35|E|type:mountain region:CH|display=inline,title First ascent = Easiest… …
8Ascent (novel) — Ascent is a novel published in 2007, written by Jed Mercurio. It follows the career of Yevgeni Yeremin, an orphan of Stalingrad, from his days as a MiG 15 pilot in the Korean War, where he becomes a leading ace. However, at the end of the war he… …
9Ascent of Mont Ventoux — The Italian poet Petrarch wrote a well known letter about his Ascent of Mont Ventoux on April 26 1336, written around 1350, which he published as one of his Epistolae familiares (IV, 1). In this letter, Petrarch claimed to be the first since… …
10Ascent Solar — Infobox Company company name = Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. company company type = Public (nasdaq|ASTI) company slogan = foundation = 2005 location city = Littleton, Colorado location country = USA key people = Mohan S. Misra, Ph. D., Interim… …
