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Recent Examples of climber
The climber was on a 2,400-foot route named Sea of Dreams.
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Once there, climbers unclip one carabiner, reattach it to the cable after the anchor point, and then repeat with the other carabiner.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The Chasm is a mockumentary comedy following an overconfident climber who, after losing his best friend and climbing partner to unexpected and unfortunate circumstances, chooses to proceed solo on a historic and potentially fatal rock climb.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Once there, climbers unclip one carabiner, reattach it to the cable after the anchor point, and then repeat with the other carabiner.
—AFAR Media, 30 Sep. 2025
In the midst of the life-or-death chaos, Arisu grows closer to Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya), an athletic loner mourning the death of her mountain climber father.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
The Chasm is a mockumentary comedy following an overconfident climber who, after losing his best friend and climbing partner to unexpected and unfortunate circumstances, chooses to proceed solo on a historic and potentially fatal rock climb.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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As previously announced, Junji Sakamoto’s Climbing For Life, a biopic of Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, will play as the opening film of the festival, while Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet will screen as the closing film.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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After a record-breaking blitz of the Sierra Nevada’s 14ers, mountaineer and trail ultramarathoner Kilian Jornet has two peaks left on his epic quest.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of hikers are trapped near Mount Everest.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The northern part is mostly for mountain hikers, while the eastern side for trekkers.—
Kaijing Xiao,
ABC News,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The famed film chronicles the at-the-time bonkers quest of Japanese alpinist Yuichiro Miura to ascend the world’s highest peak and then descend it—well, part of it, anyway—on skis.—
Outside,
Outside,
25 Sep. 2025
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Smith, who also served as second unit director, says within a month of prep, the team of alpinists had run safety and guide lines and the location department set up stream lights throughout the park to accommodate sunrise load-ins and sunset load-outs.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Competition is stiff for this one— Yosemite instituted a quota in 2010, and only 225 day-use and 75 backpacker passes are issued daily.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
17 Sep. 2025
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One of the highlights of Quark’s itinerary is a two-day call at Puerto Natales, a backpacker-friendly town of some 20,000 people that serves as the gateway to Torres del Paine.—
Stefanie Waldek,
AFAR Media,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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