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The climber was stuck about 75 feet up on the rocks in the Garden of the Gods park, the Colorado Springs Fire Department said in a May 26 post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
In Nepal and around the world, charitable organisations have been initiated by women mountaineers to help their fellow women climbers, including Empowering Women Nepal and 3Sisters Adventure Trekking.
—Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Why did the recent Everest climbers reach the peak so quickly?
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Next, head to the northern edge of Lookout Mountain, where Sunset Rock, a 100-foot-tall sandstone cliff within Point Park—part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—has been attracting rock climbers for decades.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
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Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2025
In Nepal and around the world, charitable organisations have been initiated by women mountaineers to help their fellow women climbers, including Empowering Women Nepal and 3Sisters Adventure Trekking.
—Jenny Hall, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
Why did the recent Everest climbers reach the peak so quickly?
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 29 May 2025
Next, head to the northern edge of Lookout Mountain, where Sunset Rock, a 100-foot-tall sandstone cliff within Point Park—part of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park—has been attracting rock climbers for decades.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for climber
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The agency also noted that mountaineers must also deal with altitude sickness due to the high elevation levels of the mountain.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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Unpredictable weather patterns have been a major hurdle for mountaineers attempting to summit Everest this month, according to the Kathmandu Post’s Sangam Prasain.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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And as Mount Everest has become dominated by commercial ascents, these routes have only grown in popularity, since most of the climbers are not hardened alpinists.—
Ben Ayers,
Outside Online,
15 May 2025
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The museum displays the rudimentary equipment and clothing that alpinists once used and showcases their great achievements in conquering mountains here and abroad.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Climber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/climber. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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