climber

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Recent Examples of climber In video posted from Kathmandu on Wednesday, Thrall said that the Polish climber was battling frostbite and had descended with the Sherpa guide Thrall was climbing with, leaving Hillary Dawa and him to descend together. Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 June 2026 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for climber
Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
Noun
  • Professional ski mountaineer Brody Leven only owns a suit to go to Washington with Protect Our Winters.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • 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.
    CBS News, CBS News, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Hiking in particular requires much less guiding and support than cycling and many avid hikers are totally confident on their own.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The Boulder County Sheriff's Office is investigating a robbery and assault that left a 73-year-old hiker unconscious and his wallet gone.
    Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Hofer was an alpinist himself and a mountain-rescue volunteer.
    William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The backpacker's body fails him, but not before the slug transforms his mind.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • 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.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026

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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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