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climber

[klahy-mer] / ˈklaɪ mər /
NOUN
creeper
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NOUN
grapevine
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NOUN
mountain climber
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Being a climber, I have a lot of strength that oust don’t have,” Haferling said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Wharton’s relentless social climber, Undine Spragg, is named after the hair product that made her father his fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Without supplemental oxygen, a fully acclimatised climber would typically survive only two to three days at that altitude.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

"Or do I help my fellow climber, who's got no oxygen, frostbite in his fingers, and obviously you're never far off hypothermia up there?"

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

By this time Hall was a full-time professional climber.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Ask experienced climbers about the most dangerous part of a mountain, and many will tell you something that sounds backward.

From MarketWatch Jul. 16, 2026

On July 1, extreme climbers Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus announced their engagement by scaling the Empire State Building and unfurling a banner from its famous antenna that proclaimed the healing power of love.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

The woman had been part of a group of three novice climbers who were ascending a steep, high-altitude route up Mt.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

While firefighters manned the hoses, climbers like Ivan Khmelnytsky dangled from ropes and cut the holes in the roof to put the solution on the hot spots.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Twelve hundred feet above the South Col the trio of Sherpas found the incapacitated climbers on the ledge where Lopsang had left them.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer




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