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Recent Examples of climber
Rescue crews from the National Park Service evacuated the surviving climber on Thursday from a basin at approximately 17,200 feet.
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The climber was later airlifted to a hospital.
—Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet, and the climber who was rescued was brought off the mountain from about 17,200 feet by Denali National Park and Preserve search and rescue personnel late Thursday afternoon.
—Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Regularly check your climbers and adjust the ties as needed or add more as the plant grows.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
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Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The climber was later airlifted to a hospital.
—Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
McKinley stands at about 20,310 feet, and the climber who was rescued was brought off the mountain from about 17,200 feet by Denali National Park and Preserve search and rescue personnel late Thursday afternoon.
—Becky Bohrer, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Regularly check your climbers and adjust the ties as needed or add more as the plant grows.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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Gelje is one the world’s most renowned mountaineers, with a high-altitude career that includes summiting all 14 of the 8,000-meter peaks.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The bar is named after English mountaineer Edward Whymper, who, along with his team, became the first to summit the Matterhorn on July 14, 1985.—
Lauren David,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2026
Noun
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Near Blowing Rock, hikers can stop along the Little Parkway to experience challenging terrain and waterfalls on the Glen Burney Trail.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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Unpredictable weather and rugged camping conditions add to the adventure rather than detract from it, and the route sits high on many hikers’ bucket lists for that reason.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2026
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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.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 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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Now, in the hot and humid Laotian early summer, their team trekked four kilometers through dense jungle in search of the missing men, in an area about 55 kilometers (35 miles) east of the lush, scenic backpacker hotspot of Vang Vieng.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Earlier this year, a 19-year-old backpacker from Canada was found dead on a beach on the Australian island of K'gari, surrounded by a pack of dingoes.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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