nine-thousander

noun — 2 senses

nine-thousander

noun

Etymology From nine thousand + -er.

1

Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 metres (29,528 ft) from the surface.

  • Let’s say that Everest was 200 meters higher, that is, a nine-thousander peak. Would an ascent without additional oxygen still be possible?2018 August 5, Johanna Stöckl, “Reinhold Messner and his famous expedition to Mount Everest: “You mutate into a zombie””, in ISPO:
2

Any mountain that extends more than 9,000 feet but less than 10,000 feet above sea level.

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