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Recent Examples of climber
It has only been accomplished by a few mountaineers since it was first done by American climber Thomas Hornbein.
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Instagram by a local climber, Charles Winstead show what appears to be several BASE jumpers parachuting down from Yosemite’s famous granite monolith, El Capitan.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
The 84-year-old climber, considered somewhat of a legend in the Midwest climbing community, lived a mile from the state park for around 50 years, and went climbing nearly every Saturday and Sunday when the weather cooperated, his son Dan Cleveland said.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The Nepal Mountaineering Association confirmed the South Korean climber’s death Tuesday.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Leah Sarnoff, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Videos posted to Instagram by a local climber, Charles Winstead show what appears to be several BASE jumpers parachuting down from Yosemite’s famous granite monolith, El Capitan.
—Owen Clarke, Outside, 13 Oct. 2025
The 84-year-old climber, considered somewhat of a legend in the Midwest climbing community, lived a mile from the state park for around 50 years, and went climbing nearly every Saturday and Sunday when the weather cooperated, his son Dan Cleveland said.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Oct. 2025
The Nepal Mountaineering Association confirmed the South Korean climber’s death Tuesday.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
Noun
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People who pursue the sublime in nature—mountaineers, scuba divers, and the like—are often on the hunt for it.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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In a catalog peddling his chocks, Chouinard published an essay by California mountaineer Doug Robinson.—
Maya Silver,
Outside,
20 Oct. 2025
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Due to the snowy, windy weather, the hikers were rescued in various conditions, with symptoms ranging from exhaustion to hypothermia.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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However, the appeal of the classic hiker silhouette—at once rugged and refined—has persisted, and the style has found a second life as a fashion statement.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His optimism was buoyed by the fact that both the current record and the one before it, set by French alpinist Marc Batard and Kaji Sherpa, respectively, were achieved in the fall.—
Ben Ayers,
Outside,
10 Oct. 2025
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Smith, who also served as second unit director, says within a month of prep, the team of alpinists had run safety and guide lines and the location department set up stream lights throughout the park to accommodate sunrise load-ins and sunset load-outs.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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The most recent reported was Harris Levinson, a 61-year-old solo backpacker who went missing in June and was found to have suffered a fatal injury in a fall.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Thankfully, one ingenious backpacker designed this key to aid in the process.—
Zoe Gates,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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