All 3 Uses of
orthodox
in
Into Thin Air
- If the Icefall required few orthodox climbing techniques, it demanded a whole new repertoire of skills in their stead-for instance, the ability to tiptoe in mountaineering boots and crampons across three wobbly ladders lashed end to end, bridging a sphincter-clenching chasm.†
Chpt 7
- And in the course of his distinguished career he'd formulated a number of unorthodox, very strongly held opinions about how the mountain should be ascended.†
Chpt 11
- Experienced guides would later question his decision to descend so far ahead of his clients--extremely unorthodox behavior for a guide.
Chpt 15 *unorthodox = unusualstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unorthodox means not and reverses the meaning of orthodox. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definition:
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(orthodox) normal (describing thinking or behavior as commonly or traditionally accepted)