Sentence:  The Swiss geologist and <WSD>alpinist</WSD>, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, the first to make the ascent of Mont Blanc (Aug. 3, 1787), is to have erected in his honor a statue in the village of Chamounix. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.