backpacker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for backpacker
Noun
  • The climber used a $400 satellite transmitter to get into contact with the team.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 9 July 2025
  • By sunrise on July 3, SAR members had reached the base of Mt. Williamson’s west face and established verbal contact with the injured climber.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • However, in that incident, the French mountaineer’s body was never recovered.
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • In 2010, an un-roped French mountaineer fell to his death near this same location towards the Peters Glacier.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 4 June 2025
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“Backpacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/backpacker. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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