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Sunny123 Posted 11 years ago
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First summited = what?

Hello everyone. What does "First summited" mean in the following?

EVEREST
Elevation: 29,035 feet
First Summited: May 29, 1953
Times Summited: About 3,000
Deadliest Year: 1996, (98 summit, 15 die)
First American: Jim Whittaker (1963)
First Woman: Junko Tabei (Japan, 1975)
  

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sunny123 First Summited: May 29, 1953 The date on which the summit was reached for the first time.

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sunny123First Summited: May 29, 1953
The date on which the summit was reached for the first time.
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That's a new one for me; "summit" being used as a verb and in the passive voice to boot!
Heresy! Emotion: smoking
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Is it correct if I say .....

First summited = first ascending
or
First summited = first ascend
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In non-jargon English, I'd say
first climbed

Clive
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To me, "first climbed" or "first ascended" does not necessarily imply that the summit was reached.
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khoffTo me, "first climbed" or "first ascended" does not necessarily imply that the summit was reached.
If I read "Percival Postule was the first man to climb Mount Eruptus", I assume that he reached the summit.
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Then again, you can summit without climbing. Emotion: smile

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