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Recent Examples of climber
Koch is a 47-year-old engineer and adventurer—an ice and rock climber, a surfer, and a triathlete who participated in the first all-woman space walk and who lived for 328 days on the ISS.
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Owner Damon Robbins named the café after Yosemite’s Camp 4 campground, the favorite of his father, Royal Robbins, a famed rock climber.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
Plants may be grown in bushy mounds or as a climber on a support structure.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
No updates on the climber’s injuries or his identity were immediately provided.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
Owner Damon Robbins named the café after Yosemite’s Camp 4 campground, the favorite of his father, Royal Robbins, a famed rock climber.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2026
Plants may be grown in bushy mounds or as a climber on a support structure.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
No updates on the climber’s injuries or his identity were immediately provided.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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The all-new Sip Essential takes the company's longstanding personal filter straw format and halves weight, ensuring that even the lightest-traveling speed hikers and mountaineers don't find themselves up a creek without a filter.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Apr. 2026
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Jim Whittaker, the towering mountaineer who became the first American to reach the summit of Mount Everest and went on to shape the nation’s outdoor culture for decades, died Tuesday, April 7, at his home in Port Townsend, Washington.—
Ryan Brennan
April 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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On a spring morning in 1993, state officials and hikers gathered to dedicate a new trail linking Dawley Park in Exeter with Stepstone Falls in West Greenwich.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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San Diego County’s recent summer-like temperatures have worried Ross, especially with upcoming trips in May to the Cuyamaca Mountains and Eagle Rock in Warner Springs, where water for the hikers could be scarce.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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By Lilit Marcus May 23, 2016 Mount Everest Summit Reached by Foreign Climbers for First Time in Two Years A team of two British and one Mexican alpinists reached the top of the world's tallest mountain, it was announced Thursday.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
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And Kelly Cordes, a climber, alpinist, and author, had a photo of his mullet during an ice climbing competition end up in the New York Times in 2012.—
Jesse Klein,
Outside,
27 Dec. 2025
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Otherwise, Kumaon is virtually nonexistent on the Western backpacker or tourist circuit.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2026
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Martha noticed the Dutch backpacker, of course.—
Cassandra Neyenesch,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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