[Xenalyte]

Mrs Arnold who summitted Mt Everest herself said on Campbell Live last night the chances of rescuing a climber stranded above 8000 metres in the "death zone" were extremely slim.

"Summit" is a noun, Mr. Atkinson, not a verb. Ugh.

He should be ashamed, that a ghastly low-class American broad had to tell him that.

[Shimmer128]

That grabbed me right off. To summit.
I summit
You summit
He summits
She summits
We all summit.
gag

I know it's unimportant in the big scheme of things, but it seems so pompous.

[Restorer]

Summit is widely used as a verb, and can be found as such in many dictionaries. It's mostly used by climbers, but then they're the ones who mostly have need for the verb, aren't they?

BTW, as a long-time climber I'm utterly disgusted by this story. Every climber I've ever known took it for granted that you always helped those in trouble as your first priority. I've participated in rescues even of the idiots who think $500 of brand-ndw equipment makes them climbers.

The idea that they left him to die not to save themselves but to finish their climb is appalling!

[Larry Lucido]

Sure it's a verb. "I just summitted my manuscript to the publisher." Sheesh!

[toddlintown]

v. sum·mit·ed, sum·mit·ing, sum·mits
v. tr.
To climb to the summit of (a mountain).

v. intr.
To climb to the summit.