arete
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈærəˌteɪ/
- Specialized
- The climbers carefully navigated the steep arete that separated two deep valleys in the mountains.
Examples
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To Starbuck, then, Ahab's phronesis (sound sense) is lacking, his arete is absent, and his eunoia is false.
Academic text (1997) -
In this regard, the program promotes an arete (from the ancient Greeks) view of the athlete that stresses excellence and self-transformation in body, mind, and spirit.
Academic text (1991) -
"He tapped a shot of Isobelle Patissier seven hundred feet up some knife-edge arete in Colorado.
Fiction book (1999) -
I finished my climbing day by sending "Kelly's Arete" V5 at the Angler boulder area.
Blog text (2) -
We stood at the edge of the narrow arete, admiring the breathtaking views of the valleys below.
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Ascending the jagged arete required skill and bravery, as it was flanked by sheer drops on either side.
How Narrow
- Specialized
1
9.9
1
6.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Arete comes from the French word arête, which meant 'fish bone' or 'spine' because a thin mountain ridge looks like the sharp bone of a fish. So, an arete is a narrow, sharp ridge of rock between two valleys.