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British climber Chris Thrall, who had descended with Dawa Sherpa from high on the mountain, said the guide stopped briefly to rest during the difficult descent but never caught back up with the group.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Protest Passion Project The Climb was first unveiled by Beta Cinema at the European Film Market in February 2022, with Delevingne (Carnival Row) attached as a daredevil climber who protests against oil drilling in the Arctic by ascending The Shard.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
The association said a fourth climber, Mārtiņš Bilzēns, survived the fall and was in critical condition.
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
Rangers used a helicopter long-line to pluck the surviving climber from roughly 17,200 feet on the West Buttress route, a popular but perilous path riven with crevasses and ice.
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Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
Protest Passion Project The Climb was first unveiled by Beta Cinema at the European Film Market in February 2022, with Delevingne (Carnival Row) attached as a daredevil climber who protests against oil drilling in the Arctic by ascending The Shard.
—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
3 June 2026
The association said a fourth climber, Mārtiņš Bilzēns, survived the fall and was in critical condition.
—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
Rangers used a helicopter long-line to pluck the surviving climber from roughly 17,200 feet on the West Buttress route, a popular but perilous path riven with crevasses and ice.
—
Becky Bohrer,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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Professional ski mountaineer Brody Leven only owns a suit to go to Washington with Protect Our Winters.
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For three days, Nepali mountaineer Dawa Sherpa was trapped deep inside an Everest crevasse, surviving on biscuits, chocolates and chunks of ice, while back home his family had already begun mourning his death.
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The hikers were two men, ages 72 and 67, and a 68-year-old woman.
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Despite a rapid response and aerial support, all three hikers were dead by the time first responders reached them, the park service said.
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Italy’s Be Water Film and Rai Cinema have unveiled fresh images for Daniele Vicari’s drama Bianco about an infamous 1961 mountaineering accident which happened as seven elite alpinists tried to scale Mont Blanc’s perilous central Frêney pillar.
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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.
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The backpacker's body fails him, but not before the slug transforms his mind.
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Today its low price - $28 per day including full board and treatments - attracts ordinary Tajiks plus tourists from the neighboring 'Stans’ and the odd backpacker.
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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