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climber

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as in mountaineer

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Recent Examples of climber And each time another first-time climber reaches the top, the applause rising from the rocks below suggests that, little by little, that community is growing. — ABC News, 5 July 2026 The climber was found dead by search and rescue teams on the upper face of Longs Peak, an iconic 14,259-foot summit in the national park in Colorado. — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 July 2026 As a result, a memorial pavilion, where students can play soccer, has been installed in Blakeley’s school in her honor, and a butterfly climber has been constructed at a local Bellaire park. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026 Photograph by Gregor Sailer for The New Yorker A climber froze to death on top of Austria’s tallest mountain, and her boyfriend was charged with grossly negligent homicide. — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for climber

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Noun

There are élite mountaineers who, starting very early, might manage it.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Built in 1879 by enterprising townsfolk, the Zermatterhof has been welcoming royalty, celebrities, and intrepid mountaineers for nearly a century and a half.

— Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2026

Definition of mountaineer

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

Definition of hiker

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Hofer was an alpinist himself and a mountain-rescue volunteer.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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

Definition of alpinist

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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

Definition of backpacker

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